7-letter words starting with wh
- wherrit — to worry or cause to worry
- whether — whether or no, under whatever circumstances; regardless: He threatens to go whether or no.
- whetted — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- whetter — to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- wheyish — rather like whey: a mottled, wheyish complexion.
- whicker — to whinny; neigh.
- whidder — to move with force
- whiffed — Simple past tense and past participle of whiff.
- whiffet — Informal. an insignificant person; whippersnapper.
- whiffle — to blow in light or shifting gusts or puffs, as the wind; veer or toss about irregularly.
- whilere — a while ago
- whilest — Obsolete form of whilst.
- whiling — a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- whimper — to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds.
- whimsey — whimsy.
- whiners — Plural form of whiner.
- whinged — Simple past tense and past participle of whing.
- whinger — to complain; whine.
- whinges — Plural form of whinge.
- whining — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- whinner — (colloquial, intransitive) To whinny.
- whip in — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whip up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whipcat — a tailor
- whipped — having received a whipping.
- whipper — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
- whippet — one of a breed of small, swift dogs resembling a greyhound, used for hunting rabbits and for racing.
- whipple — Fred Lawrence, 1906–2004, U.S. astronomer.
- whipray — any ray having a long, whiplike tail, especially a stingray.
- whipsaw — a saw for two persons, as a pitsaw, used to divide timbers lengthwise.
- whirled — Simple past tense and past participle of whirl.
- whirler — A person who, or thing that whirls.
- whirred — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
- whirret — a slap or blow, esp to the ear or face
- whished — Simple past tense and past participle of whish.
- whishes — a whishing sound.
- whisked — to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke: She whisked everything off the table with her arm.
- whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- whiskey — an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
- whisper — to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.
- whisted — hushed; silent; still.
- whistle — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- whitely — with a white hue or color: The sun shone whitely.
- whitens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiten.
- whitest — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- whither — to what place? where?
- whities — Plural form of whitey.
- whiting — a slender food fish of the genus Menticirrhus, of the croaker family, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America.
- whitish — somewhat white; tending to white.
- whitlam — (Edward) Gough (ɡɒf). 1916–2014, Australian Labor statesman: prime minister (1972–75)