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12-letter words containing c, s, w

  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • scram switch — (jargon)   (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
  • sea crawfish — spiny lobster
  • second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
  • seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
  • semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
  • servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • shadow dance — a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
  • shen congwen — 1902–1988, Chinese author.
  • showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
  • sir lawrence — Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
  • snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
  • snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
  • snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
  • snowshoe cat — a breed of cat with soft short hair, blue eyes, an inverted V-shaped marking on the face, and white feet
  • space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
  • static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
  • stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
  • stomach worm — a nematode, Haemonchus contortus, parasitic in the stomach of sheep, cattle, and related animals.
  • stone curlew — thick-knee.
  • surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
  • swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
  • swamp locust — water locust.
  • swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
  • sweep-second — (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand.
  • sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
  • sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
  • sweet clover — melilot.
  • swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
  • swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • twitch grass — couch grass.
  • two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
  • wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
  • wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
  • wainscotings — Plural form of wainscoting.
  • wainscotting — paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted.
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