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10-letter words containing e, w, r

  • score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
  • screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
  • screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
  • screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
  • screw jack — jackscrew.
  • screw nail — drive screw.
  • screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
  • screw pine — any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.
  • screwed up — 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.
  • screwiness — the state or quality of being screwy
  • screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
  • sea lawyer — a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.
  • seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
  • second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
  • sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
  • self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • setterwort — the wild plant Helleborus foetidus
  • sewer pill — a ribbed wooden ball for scraping the walls of a sewer through which it floats.
  • sex worker — prostitution.
  • shearwater — any of several long-winged petrels of the genus Puffinus that appear to shear the water with their wing tips when flying low.
  • shopwalker — a floorwalker.
  • short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
  • shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
  • showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
  • shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
  • shower gel — liquid soap product
  • shower tea — kitchen tea.
  • showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • showerless — without showers; rain-free
  • shrew mole — a grayish-black mole, Neurotrichus gibbsii, of the western coast of the U.S. and Canada, that grows to a length of about 3 inches (7.6 cm).
  • shrewdness — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
  • shrewmouse — a shrew.
  • shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
  • sidewinder — a severe swinging blow from the side.
  • siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
  • silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
  • silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
  • silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
  • skewerwood — the spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
  • smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
  • smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
  • sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
  • snow cover — a layer of snow on the ground.
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