10-letter words containing s, a, n, d, w
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sappanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- 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.
- shadowland — a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties: the shadowland of imagination.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- swing band — a band that plays swing jazz
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- unanswered — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
- underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
- unshadowed — not shadowed; not darkened or obscured by shadow; free from gloom.
- wagonloads — Plural form of wagonload.
- wainscoted — Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
- waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
- waldensian — a Christian sect that arose after 1170 in southern France, under the leadership of Pierre Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, and joined the Reformation movement in the 16th century.
- wanderings — Plural form of wandering.
- wanderlust — a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about.
- wandsworth — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wardenship — The state of being a warden.
- warpedness — The state, quality or condition of being warped.
- washstands — Plural form of washstand.
- waste land — a poem (1922) by T. S. Eliot.
- wastelands — Plural form of wasteland.
- wednesdays — on or during Wednesdays; every Wednesday.
- whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wild senna — a subshrubby senna, Cassia marilandica, of the eastern U.S., having yellow flowers.
- wilson dam — a dam on the Tennessee River, in NW Alabama, at Muscle Shoals: a part of the Tennessee Valley Authority. 4862 feet (1482 meters) long; 137 feet (42 meters) high.
- wind scale — a numerical scale, as the Beaufort scale, for designating relative wind intensities.