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13-letter words containing n, s, w

  • show-and-tell — an activity for young children, especially in school, in which each participant produces an object of unusual interest and tells something about it.
  • show-stopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shower screen — a shower panel
  • shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
  • siamese twins — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
  • simware, inc. — (company)   The producers of REXXWARE. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Address: Ottawa, Canada.
  • single wicket — a rare form of cricket in which only one wicket is used.
  • sister-in-law — the sister of one's husband or wife.
  • slow handclap — slow rhythmic clapping, esp used by an audience to indicate dissatisfaction or impatience
  • slow puncture — a small hole in a tyre, from which the air escapes very slowly, so that at first it is not obvious that there is any problem with the tyre
  • slow-speaking — tending to speak slowly
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • 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 bush — guelder rose.
  • 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.
  • socket wrench — a box wrench with a socket that is an extension of the shank.
  • south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
  • south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
  • speed walking — power walking.
  • sperm washing — a technique that separates sperm from the seminal fluid, used especially for isolating active sperm for artificial insemination.
  • sportswriting — the work of a sports writer
  • spurious wing — alula (def 1).
  • spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
  • station wagon — an automobile with one or more rows of folding or removable seats behind the driver and no luggage compartment but an area behind the seats into which suitcases, parcels, etc., can be loaded through a tailgate.
  • staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
  • stern-wheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • stewing steak — Stewing steak is beef which is suitable for cooking slowly in a stew.
  • stock warrant — A stock warrant is the right to buy stock at a particular price on a particular date directly from the issuing company.
  • stone's throw — a short distance: The railroad station is only a stone's throw from our house.
  • storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
  • stripped down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • stripped-down — having only essential features; lacking any special appointments or accessories.
  • strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
  • strong-willed — having a powerful will; resolute.
  • sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • sweat-stained — (of clothes or fabric) bearing the marks left by a person's sweat
  • 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.
  • sweep account — Finance. a checking account from which money in excess of a specified amount is automatically transferred to another account or to an investment that earns a higher rate of return.
  • sweet-natured — having a pleasant temperament and a gentle nature
  • sweet-scented — having a pleasant and sweet smell; fragrant.
  • sweethearting — the granting of unauthorized discounts or the abetting of shoplifting by staff in a shop
  • swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
  • swift-flowing — moving rapidly
  • swimming bath — swimming pool.
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