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11-letter words containing o, w, e, l, s

  • sea swallow — any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
  • settle down — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
  • shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
  • simple vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken for a limited period
  • slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
  • slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
  • slow-footed — proceeding at a slow pace.
  • slow-witted — mentally slow or dull; slow in comprehension and thinking.
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
  • snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
  • solar power — energy generated by the sun
  • solemn vows — the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience when taken as a perpetual and more solemn commitment
  • south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
  • sow thistle — any composite plant belonging to the genus Sonchus, especially S. oleraceus, a weed having thistlelike leaves, yellow flowers, and a milky juice.
  • spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
  • spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
  • steelworker — a person employed in the process of manufacturing steel and steel products.
  • steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
  • 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.
  • strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
  • 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.
  • sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • 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.
  • swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • swollenness — a past participle of swell.
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • townspeople — residents of a town
  • trelliswork — latticework.
  • trestlework — a structural system composed of trestles.
  • twofoldness — the quality or state of being twofold
  • unswallowed — not swallowed
  • unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
  • vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
  • vowel sound — spoken language: open sound
  • wall socket — socket (def 2b).
  • wallflowers — Plural form of wallflower.
  • water louse — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
  • watercolors — Plural form of watercolor.
  • waterlocust — a thorny honeylocust (Gleditsia aquatica), native to the SE U.S., with a dark, heavy wood that takes a high polish
  • watermelons — Plural form of watermelon.
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