10-letter words containing s, e, a, w
- cat's meow — Slang. someone or something wonderful or remarkable.
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- censorware — (computing) Software or hardware used to filter content on the Internet or block Internet access or restrict the running of applications or computer usage. Content filtering software, or a component in an operating system or console used to disable reception of media on the basis of content believed to be objectionable.
- chase away — If someone or something chases away worries, fears, or other bad feelings, they cause those feelings to change and become happier.
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chwang-tse — Chuang-tzu (def 1).
- clausewitz — Karl von (karl fɔn). 1780–1831, Prussian general, noted for his works on military strategy, esp Vom Kriege (1833)
- clearwings — Plural form of clearwing.
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- courseware — computer software designed to be used in an educational course
- cowardness — Synonym of cowardice.
- crack wise — to joke or gibe
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crawlspace — (in a building) an area accessible by crawling, having a clearance less than human height, for access to plumbing or wiring, storage, etc.
- cruisewear — clothing which is suitable for wearing while on a cruise
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- death wish — A death wish is a conscious or unconscious desire to die or be killed.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- downcasted — Simple past tense and past participle of downcast.
- downgrades — Plural form of downgrade.
- downscaled — Simple past tense and past participle of downscale.
- downstater — A person from downstate; usually specifically a person from downstate New York.
- downstream — upstream
- downwashes — Plural form of downwash.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- expressway — A highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled entrance and exit, a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions, and typically two or more lanes in each direction.
- eye shadow — make-up for the eyelids
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.