11-letter words containing r, o, s, w, i
- marine snow — small particles of organic biogenic marine sediment, including the remains of organisms, faecal matter, and the shells of planktonic organisms, that slowly drift down to the sea floor
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- middlebrows — Plural form of middlebrow.
- mince words — speak tentatively, tactfully
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- old windsor — a royal residence in the time of Edward the Confessor, 3 km (2 miles) southeast of the town of Windsor in Berkshire
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scissorwise — in a movement or position which imitates scissors
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- ship of war — warship.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- showrooming — the practice of looking at an item of merchandise in a shop, often using a smartphone app to compare its price elsewhere, before buying it from an online distributor
- sightworthy — worth seeing
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- 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.
- 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 bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snow grains — precipitation consisting of white, opaque ice particles usually less than one millimeter in diameter.
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
- 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.
- somewhither — to some unspecified place; somewhere.
- songwriting — composing melodies and lyrics
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- spring snow — corn snow.
- storywriter — a person who writes stories, tales, fables, etc.
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- 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 fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.