10-letter words containing l, c, s, w
- scowlingly — in a scowling manner
- 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.
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- scrollwork — decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- space walk — When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
- wage scale — a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.
- waistcloth — a loincloth.
- walk socks — men's knee-length stockings
- wallcharts — Plural form of wallchart.
- war clouds — sign of trouble ahead
- washcloths — Plural form of washcloth.
- watch list — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- watcom sql — (database, product) A family of databases from Watcom International, based on scalable technology and a SQL database engine. Version 4.0 adds stored procedures and triggers. It is designed for environments ranging from large departmental networks with a diverse range of PC client systems, to peer-to-peer workgroups, to stand-alone PCs. It is available in stand-alone versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2 and MS DOS; and multi-user network server versions for Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, OS/2, NetWare NLM and MS DOS.
- wenceslaus — 1361–1419, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1378–1400; as Wenceslaus IV, king of Bohemia 1378–1419.
- whalebacks — Plural form of whaleback.
- wholescale — Wholesale (extensive).
- willywacks — willowwacks.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.
- woodblocks — Plural form of woodblock.
- woods colt — catch-colt (def 2).
- word class — a group of words all of which are members of the same form class or part of speech.
- workplaces — Plural form of workplace.
- worldscale — the standard scale of freight rates for oil tankers
- wraprascal — (obsolete) A kind of coarse overcoat.
- wristlocks — Plural form of wristlock.