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10-letter words containing s, a, d, o, w

  • heads down — [Sun] Concentrating, usually so heavily and for so long that everything outside the focus area is missed. See also hack mode and larval stage, although this mode is hardly confined to fledgling hackers.
  • herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
  • horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
  • janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
  • landowners — Plural form of landowner.
  • low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
  • lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
  • northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
  • oceanwards — Oceanward.
  • old-siwash — a conventional designation for any small, provincial college or for such colleges collectively (often preceded by old): students from old Siwash.
  • overshadow — to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
  • randomwise — in a random manner
  • rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
  • rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
  • sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
  • salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
  • sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • sappanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
  • saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
  • scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
  • schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
  • score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
  • shadow box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
  • shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
  • shadow-box — a shallow, rectangular frame fronted with a glass panel, used to show and at the same time protect items on display, as paintings, coins, or jewelry.
  • shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
  • shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
  • shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
  • showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
  • smallsword — a light, tapering sword for thrusting, formerly used in fencing or dueling.
  • smallworld — (legal)   A trademark of Smallworldwide Plc..
  • smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
  • smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
  • snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
  • snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
  • snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
  • sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
  • stab wound — knife injury
  • stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
  • stand-down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • strandwolf — brown hyena.
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