11-letter words containing s, e, g, w
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- rose grower — a person who grows rose plants
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- self-weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- sewing silk — finely twisted silk thread used for sewing, embroidery, etc.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- sign writer — someone whose job is to produce signs for businesses
- single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- single-wide — a mobile home used as a permanent residence.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snowshoeing — the activity of taking part in cross-country walks over snow
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- sopping wet — soaked, dripping
- sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
- springwater — water from a spring
- stage screw — a large, tapered screw fitted with a handle, used to secure braces for scenery to the floor of a stage.
- steerageway — sufficient speed to permit a vessel to be maneuvered.
- stemwinding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- sweat gland — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweat lodge — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweet grass — any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- swing state — a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingeingly — by way of swingeing
- swingletree — a whiffletree.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
- the gallows — execution by hanging
- tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
- wage spread — the difference in wages paid to workers in an industry or profession
- wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
- waggishness — Waggish behaviour.
- waitressing — a woman who waits on tables, as in a restaurant.
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- warfighters — Plural form of warfighter.