13-letter words containing c, s, w
- packet switch — packet switching
- rescue worker — someone who works to bring people out of danger, attack, harm, etc, esp after a disaster, accident, etc
- research work — work concerning research into or investigation into a subject, topic, etc, particularly in the sciences
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- sandwich beam — flitch beam.
- sandwich cake — a cake that is made up of two or more layers with a jam or other filling
- sandwich coin — a coin having a layer of one metal between outside layers of another, as a quarter with a layer of copper between layers of silver.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- sandwich tern — a European tern, Sterna sandvicensis, that has a yellow-tipped bill, whitish plumage, and white forked tail, and nests in colonies on beaches, etc
- sawbuck table — a table that has X -shaped legs.
- scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
- scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
- school of law — (in Chinese philosophy) a Neo-Confucian school asserting the existence of transcendent universals, which form individual objects from a primal matter otherwise formless.
- schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- scotch whisky — whiskey distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley in a pot still.
- screenwriting — writing film scripts
- screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
- scribble down — If you scribble down something, you write it quickly or roughly.
- scriptwriting — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- secret weapon — Someone's secret weapon is a thing or person which they believe will help them achieve something and which other people do not know about.
- seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- sewing circle — a group, especially of women, meeting regularly to sew.
- sewing cotton — cotton thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- shadowcasting — the enhancement of images by the casting of shadows
- shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
- shock and awe — US military: use of extreme force
- shower screen — a shower panel
- sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
- simware, inc. — (company) The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
- single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
- slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
- slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
- social worker — sb who assists local community
- socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
- speckled wood — a common woodland brown satyrid butterfly, Pararge aegeria, marked with pale orange or yellowish-white spots
- spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
- sticky wicket — Cricket. the area of ground around a wicket when it is tacky because of recent rain and therefore does not allow the ball to bounce well.
- stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
- suicide watch — a system of regular checking on prisoners who seem likely to attempt suicide.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- swagger stick — a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.
- swamp cabbage — skunk cabbage.
- swamp cypress — bald cypress.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
- sweet calamus — a plant, Acorus calamus, of the arum family, having long, sword-shaped leaves and a pungent, aromatic rootstock.
- sweet cassava — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M. esculenta (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava) cultivated for their tuberous roots, which yield important food products.