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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.
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