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11-letter words containing r, a, w

  • remand wing — a special area within a prison for prisoners who are awaiting trial
  • repairwoman — a woman whose occupation is the making of repairs, readjustments, etc.
  • rewardingly — in a rewarding way or manner
  • right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
  • roh tae woo — born 1932, president of South Korea 1988–93.
  • rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
  • rotary plow — a tined auger mounted on a horizontal power-driven shaft, for pulverizing unplowed soil preparatory to planting.
  • rotary wing — an airfoil that rotates about an approximately vertical axis, as that supporting a helicopter or autogiro in flight.
  • rowing boat — rowboat.
  • rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
  • sacred writ — Scripture.
  • safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • schoolwards — in the direction of school
  • schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
  • schwarzkopfElisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
  • schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
  • scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
  • scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
  • scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
  • screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
  • screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
  • sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
  • shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
  • shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
  • shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • ship of war — warship.
  • shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
  • show around — guide round a new place
  • shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
  • shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
  • shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • six day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
  • six-day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • 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 banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
  • snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
  • soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
  • social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
  • soft sawder — flattery; compliments
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