15-letter words containing s, a, w, e, d
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- outside forward — one of two attacking players who usually play on the far side of the field; wing.
- overforwardness — the quality of being too familiar
- packet-switched — packet switching
- paradise flower — a prickly vine, Solanum wendlandii, of the nightshade family, native to Costa Rica, having branched clusters of showy lilac-blue flowers.
- power save mode — (architecture) A feature of a component or subsystem designed to actively reduce its power consumption when not in use. Almost any electronic device might benefit from having a power save mode but the most common application is for portable computers which attempt to conserve battery life by incorporating power saving modes in the CPU, display, disks, printer, or other units.
- psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
- red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- satin bowerbird — the largest Australian bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, the male of which has lustrous blue plumage
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- say a few words — to give a brief speech
- seaside sparrow — a species of sparrow, Ammospiza maritima, existing in two subspecies, one (Cape Sable seaside sparrow) having dark olive-drab plumage with a lighter breast and underbelly, and the other (dusky seaside sparrow) having bold black and white markings on the breast and underbelly: the dusky seaside sparrow is almost extinct.
- sewage disposal — waste processing
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- short-eared owl — a streaked, buffy brown, cosmopolitan owl, Asio flammeus, having very short tufts of feathers on each side of the head.
- shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- show one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- sidewalk artist — an artist who draws pictures on the sidewalk, especially with colored chalk, as a means of soliciting money from passers-by.
- software method — Software Methodology
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- spotted cowbane — a North American water hemlock, Cicuta maculata, of the parsley family, having a purple-mottled stem, white flowers, and deadly poisonous, tuberlike roots.
- spread the word — make others aware
- stand in awe of — to respect and fear
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- sweep the board — (in gambling) to win all the cards or money
- sweetheart deal — any agreement in which a public body offers unduly favourable terms to a private company or individual
- swellheadedness — the fact or state of being conceited
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- sword swallower — performer who puts swords in throat
- sword-swallower — a performer who simulates the swallowing of swords
- take one's word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to sow gapeseed — to stare in a gaping manner instead of attending to business
- transfer window — the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other teams into their own
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
- waddesdon manor — a mansion near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire: built (1880–89) in the French style for the Rothschild family: noted for its furnishings and collections of porcelain and paintings