10-letter words containing e, w, r
- swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- sweet fern — a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae
- sweet roll — a roll made of sweet dough, often containing spices, raisins, nuts, candied fruit, etc., and sometimes iced on top.
- sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
- sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
- sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
- sweetwater — a city in NW Texas.
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- swerveless — tending not to swerve
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swinnerton — Frank (Arthur) 1884–1982, English novelist and critic.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- swiveltree — swingletree.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- televiewer — a person who watches television
- teleworker — person who works from home
- telewriter — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting by converting the manually controlled movements of a pen into signals that, after transmission, control the movements of a similar pen
- tepe gawra — an archaeological site in N Iraq, near Mosul: excavations have revealed that numerous settlements have occupied this site since c5000 b.c.
- tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
- the bowery — a street in New York City noted for its cheap hotels and bars, frequented by vagrants and drunks
- the wirral — a peninsula in NW England between the estuaries of the Rivers Mersey and Dee
- the wrekin — an isolated hill in the English Midlands in Telford and Wrekin unitary authority, Shropshire. Height: 400 m (1335 ft)
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- throw open — to open completely and suddenly
- throw over — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- tidewaiter — a customs officer who checks goods upon a vessel's landing, to secure the payment of duties.
- timberwork — structural work formed of timbers.
- tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
- top drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
- top-drawer — the highest level in rank, excellence, or importance: a musician strictly out of the top drawer.
- tow-haired — having blond and sometimes tousled hair
- towel rack — a rack consisting of one or more bars on which towels or washcloths are hung.
- towel rail — a rail or frame in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- towel ring — a circular hoop in a bathroom, etc, for hanging towels on
- tower bolt — barrel bolt.
- tower-mill — a windmill of which only the cap rotates to face the sails into the wind.
- town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
- town crier — (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
- trade down — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trade show — show (def 22).