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11-letter words containing e, a, r, w

  • samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
  • screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
  • screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • 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.
  • soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
  • 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
  • spacewalker — a person who manoeuvres in space while outside but attached to a spacecraft
  • spare wheel — A spare wheel is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
  • spatterwork — a method of decorating whereby ink or another fluid is spattered over a medium
  • sperm whale — a large, square-snouted whale, Physeter catodon, valued for its oil and spermaceti: now reduced in number and rare in some areas.
  • spider wasp — any of certain wasps, especially of the family Pompilidae, that provision their nests with paralyzed spiders.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • square away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • square wave — a graph, function, vibration, etc., that is periodic and equal to one constant on one half of the period and a different constant, which may be zero, on the other half.
  • square with — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • st. andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
  • steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • still water — a part of a stream that is level or where the level of inclination is so slight that no current is visible.
  • stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
  • storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
  • strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
  • strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
  • streetwards — towards or facing the street
  • superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
  • superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
  • swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
  • swamp fever — leptospirosis.
  • swarm spore — zoospore
  • swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
  • swear blind — to assert emphatically
  • swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
  • swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
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