11-letter words containing a, w, s, o
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- rawoop-snap — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- saul bellow — Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
- saw-toothed — having pointing resembling the edge of a saw.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- sea swallow — any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- ship of war — warship.
- show around — guide round a new place
- shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip
- snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
- snow-capped — A snow-capped mountain is covered with snow at the top.
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
- southwardly — toward the south
- sparrowfart — the very early morning
- sparrowhawk — a small, short-winged European hawk, Accipiter nisus, that preys on smaller birds.
- spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium