11-letter words containing o, r, w
- 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.
- stonewaller — to engage in stonewalling.
- 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 watch — watch (def 20).
- storm water — standing water produced after a heavy rainfall or snowfall
- storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
- strand wolf — brown hyena.
- straw color — a pale yellow similar to the color of straw.
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- 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
- swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
- swarm spore — zoospore
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- swordswoman — a female who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- tallow tree — a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
- teleworking — Teleworking is working from home using equipment such as telephones, fax machines, and modems to contact people.
- texas tower — an offshore radar-equipped platform supported by foundations sunk into the floor of the ocean, formerly used as part of a system for warning against air attacks.
- thankworthy — deserving gratitude.
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the network — network, the
- the wagoner — Auriga
- third world — the underdeveloped nations of the world, especially those with widespread poverty.
- thoroughwax — an umbelliferous plant with yellow flowers and perfoliate leaves, Bupleurum rotundifolium
- through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
- throw a fit — a sudden, acute attack or manifestation of a disease, especially one marked by convulsions or unconsciousness: a fit of epilepsy.
- throw about — to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
- tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- to eat crow — If someone eats crow, they admit that they have been wrong and apologize, especially in situations where this is humiliating or embarrassing for them.
- to run wild — If something or someone, especially a child, runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way.
- to the wire — If something goes to the wire, it continues until the last possible moment.
- to windward — toward the wind; toward the point from which the wind blows.