10-letter words containing a, s, l, o, w
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- marrowless — Anatomy. a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- mollymawks — Plural form of mollymawk.
- mosaic law — the ancient law of the Hebrews, ascribed to Moses.
- navelworts — Plural form of navelwort.
- old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
- pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
- rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
- salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
- shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
- shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- small town — Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.
- small-town — of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
- smallsword — a light, tapering sword for thrusting, formerly used in fencing or dueling.
- smallworld — (legal) A trademark of Smallworldwide Plc..
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- snow apple — Fameuse.
- snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.