10-letter words containing wh
- white-shoe — of or relating to members of the upper class who own or run large corporations: white-shoe bankers; a conservative white-shoe image.
- whitebeard — an old man, especially one with a white or gray beard.
- whitebelly — (zoology) Applied to various kinds of animal characterized by a white belly.
- whiteboard — a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.
- whitebread — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
- whitecedar — (US) alternative spelling of white cedar.
- whitecoats — Plural form of whitecoat.
- whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- whiteflies — Plural form of whitefly.
- whiteheads — Plural form of whitehead.
- whitehorse — a river flowing NW and then SW from NW Canada through Alaska to the Bering Sea. About 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
- whitepaper — Alternative spelling of white paper.
- whiteprint — a proof print made by means of the diazo process.
- whitesmith — a tinsmith.
- whitespace — Alternative spelling of white space.
- whitethorn — a hawthorn, Crataegus laevigata, having white flowers.
- whitewalls — Plural form of whitewall.
- whitewater — of or moving over or through rapids: whitewater rafting down the Colorado River.
- whitewoods — Plural form of whitewood.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- whitterick — a weasel or stout
- whittlings — the act of a person who whittles.
- whizz-bang — Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- whizzbangs — Plural form of whizzbang.
- whizzingly — in a whizzing manner, with a whizzing sound or motion
- whodunnits — Plural form of whodunnit.
- whole gale — a wind of 55–63 miles per hour (24–28 m/sec).
- whole milk — milk containing all its constituents as received from the cow or other milk-giving animal.
- whole note — a note equivalent in duration to four quarter notes.
- whole rest — a rest equivalent in duration to a whole note.
- whole step — an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
- whole tone — an interval of two semitones, as A-B or B-C♯; a major second.
- wholefoods — Plural form of wholefood.
- wholegrain — A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
- wholesaled — Simple past tense and past participle of wholesale.
- wholesaler — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- wholesales — Plural form of wholesale.
- wholescale — Wholesale (extensive).
- wholesomer — Comparative form of wholesome.
- wholewheat — Denoting flour or bread made from whole grains of wheat, including the husk or outer layer.
- whomsoever — Used instead of “ whosoever ” as the object of a verb or preposition.
- whorehound — (US, vulgar, slang) Someone who often has sex with prostitutes.
- whorehouse — a house or apartment in which prostitutes are available for hire; house of prostitution; brothel.
- whorl foot — French foot (def 1).
- willowherb — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Epilobium, of the evening primrose family, having terminal clusters of purplish or white flowers.
- wire wheel — a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used especially for finishing or cleaning metal.
- worm wheel — worm gear (def 2).
- worthwhile — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
- yellowhead — Chaetodon xanthocephalus, the yellowhead butterflyfish.