11-letter words containing e, w
- state-owned — owned by the state; not privately owned
- stateswoman — a woman who is experienced in the art of government.
- statute law — statutory law.
- steelworker — a person employed in the process of manufacturing steel and steel products.
- steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
- stem-winder — a stemwinding watch.
- stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
- stern-wheel — propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- 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.
- stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
- stokes' law — the law that the force that retards a sphere moving through a viscous fluid is directly proportional to the velocity of the sphere, the radius of the sphere, and the viscosity of the fluid.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- stonewashed — to wash (cloth) with pebbles or stones so as to give the appearance of wear.
- stoneworker — any construction, as walls or the like, of stone; stone masonry.
- storm sewer — a sewer for carrying off rainfall drained from paved surfaces, roofs, etc.
- storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
- storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
- 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
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
- superpowers — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
- superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swallowable — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- 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 blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp fever — leptospirosis.
- swamp maple — red maple.
- swan maiden — any of a class of folkloric maidens, in many Indo-European and Asian tales, capable of being transformed into swans, as by magic or sorcery.
- swan's neck — a shallow S-curve used in decorative work.
- swan-necked — having a neck that is long and elegant like that of a swan
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swarm spore — zoospore
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- 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.
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweat pants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)