11-letter words containing c, s, w
- jim crowism — Jim Crow (def 1).
- kill switch — a button, switch, or other mechanism that allows a machine to be shut down immediately: Only use the kill switch in emergencies.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- law society — association of lawyers
- lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
- lightswitch — Alternative spelling of light switch.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- low-scoring — (of a sports match) having, getting, or ending in a low score
- lower class — classes lower in rank than middle class
- lower-class — of, relating to, or characteristic of the lower class: lower-class values.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- new castile — a region in central Spain: formerly a province. 27,933 sq. mi. (72,346 sq. km).
- new cuisine — nouvelle cuisine.
- news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- newscasters — Plural form of newscaster.
- newscasting — a broadcast of news on radio or television.
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
- scape wheel — escape wheel.
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scissorwise — in a movement or position which imitates scissors
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- screenwrite — (language) A columnar format third generation programming language similar in layout to assembler and used for transaction processing, solely on the Honeywell Bull TPS6 database/transaction management system on their Level 6 DPS6 minicomputers running under the GCOS6 operating system. In the UK it was mainly used by local authorities and the Ministry of Defense. Being proprietary technology, its popularity waned with the introduction of open systems standards, relational databases and fourth generation languages but it is believed that some systems made it through Y2K.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- screw press — a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.
- screwdriver — a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.
- second wind — the return of ease in breathing after exhaustion caused by continued physical exertion, as in running.
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.