Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 173 compound words that contain wh. The most common are listed below. Open wh in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- wh-questionA question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no.
- wh-wordAny English word that is interrogative, typically beginning with the letters wh; a question word.
- wh-movementa syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the beginning of an …
- wh-islandAn island (phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted) created by an embedded sentence that is a dependent clause introduced by a wh-word.
- wh-questionsplural of wh-question: A question that is introduced by a wh-word (what, where, why, etc.) and cannot be answered by yes or no.
- wh-wordsplural of wh-word: Any English word that is interrogative, typically beginning with the letters wh; a question word.
- wh-in-situThe occurrence of a wh-word in its typical syntactic position when forming a wh-question.
- wh-islandsplural of wh-island: An island (phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted) created by an embedded sentence that is a dependent clause introduced by a wh-word.
- wh-movementsplural of wh-movement: a syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the …
Compound words 173
- whichWhat, of those mentioned or implied.
- whiteBright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.
- whereIn, at or to what place.
- whileAn uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
- wholeEntire, undivided.
- whetherIntroduces a simple indirect question (without a correlative).
- wheelA circular device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation or performing labour in machines.
- whoseOf whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
- wheatAny of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- whaleAny large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.