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

  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
  • saint andrews — a seaport in the Fife region, in E Scotland: resort; golf courses.
  • salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
  • salwar kameez — long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
  • 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
  • sanitary ware — plumbing fixtures, as sinks or toilet bowls, made of ceramic material or enameled metal.
  • scale drawing — illustration made in proportion
  • scarlet woman — a sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute or a woman who commits adultery.
  • schwärmerisch — excessively or extremely enthusiastic
  • 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.
  • sedge warbler — a European songbird, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, of reed beds and swampy areas, having a streaked brownish plumage with white eye stripes: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers, etc)
  • seminole wars — a series of conflicts in 1818–19 between American forces under Andrew Jackson and the Seminole Indians in Spanish-controlled eastern Florida.
  • semiwater gas — a mixed gas formed by passing steam and air over a carbon source
  • send away for — order by post
  • sepia drawing — a drawing with a brownish tone, produced by first bleaching it (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
  • serial writer — someone who writes novels, dramas, etc, presented in separate instalments at regular intervals
  • shark watcher — a business consultant who assists companies in identifying and preventing unwelcome takeover bids
  • short-waisted — of less than average length between the shoulders and waistline; having a high waistline.
  • siege warfare — the use of offensive operations carried out to capture a fortified place by surrounding it, severing its communications and supply lines, and deploying weapons against it
  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • simware, inc. — (company)   The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
  • snowball tree — any of several caprifoliaceous shrubs of the genus Viburnum, esp V. opulus var. roseum, a sterile cultivated variety with spherical clusters of white or pinkish flowers
  • snowshoe hare — a large-footed North American hare, Lepus americanus, that is white in winter and dark brown in summer.
  • social worker — sb who assists local community
  • solar-powered — powered by heat radiation from the sun converted into electrical power
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southwestward — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • spear-thrower — a flexible device for launching a spear, usually a short cord wound around the spear so that when thrown the weapon will rotate in the air.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • 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.
  • squirrel away — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
  • stage whisper — a loud whisper on a stage, meant to be heard by the audience.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • street-walker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • 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 cypress — bald cypress.
  • swash letters — italic capital letters formed with long tails and flourishes
  • sweater dress — a dress made of knitted or crocheted material, esp a heavy one worn for warmth
  • swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swimmer's ear — an inflammation of the outer ear occurring in persons who swim for long periods or fail to dry the ears.
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