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17-letter words containing s, e, t, r, w, o

  • scattered showers — showers that are scattered across an area, or that occur at intervals throughout the day
  • settlement worker — a person who works with underprivileged people in a settlement house.
  • show sb the ropes — If you show someone the ropes, you show them how to do a particular job or task.
  • shower attachment — a device fixed to taps to make a shower
  • singer-songwriter — A singer-songwriter is someone who writes and performs their own songs, especially popular songs.
  • slap on the wrist — a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
  • slowly but surely — If you say that something is happening slowly but surely, you mean that it is happening gradually but it is definitely happening.
  • social networking — the development of social and professional contacts; the sharing of information and services among people with a common interest.
  • software engineer — a person who writes computer programs
  • software platform — a major piece of software, as an operating system, an operating environment, or a database, under which various smaller application programs can be designed to run.
  • south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
  • store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
  • strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
  • strawberry tomato — the small, edible, tomato-like fruit of the plant Physalis pruinosa, of the nightshade family.
  • swash plate motor — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
  • sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
  • teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
  • the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
  • the lower mammals — relatively simple or primitive mammals
  • the lower regions — hell
  • the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
  • the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
  • throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
  • tiger swallowtail — a yellow swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, of eastern North America, having the forewings striped with black.
  • to do one's worst — If someone does their worst, they do everything unpleasant that they can possibly do. You can say 'do your worst' to show someone that you are not frightened of what they may do.
  • to know the ropes — If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
  • to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
  • to test the water — If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
  • turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
  • turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
  • turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
  • twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four hours — the time taken by the Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; a whole day
  • twenty-four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • twenty-four-seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.
  • wang laboratories — (body)   Computer manufacturer, known for their office automation products and the Wang PC. Quarterly sales $208M, profits $3M (Aug 1994).
  • war correspondent — a reporter or commentator assigned to send news or opinions directly from battle areas.
  • wardrobe mistress — a woman in charge of keeping theatrical costumes cleaned, pressed, and in wearable condition.
  • warehouse receipt — a receipt for goods placed in a warehouse.
  • warehousing costs — the costs involved in storing goods in a warehouse
  • wars of the roses — the civil struggle between the royal house of Lancaster, whose emblem was a red rose, and the royal house of York, whose emblem was a white rose, beginning in 1455 and ending with the accession of Henry VII in 1485 and the union of the two houses.
  • warsaw convention — a multilateral treaty on aviation set up chiefly to limit air carriers' liability to passengers and shippers on international flights in the event of an accident.
  • washington square — a short novel (1881) by Henry James.
  • weapons inspector — a person who inspects a country's weapons
  • wear the trousers — to have control, esp in a marriage
  • well-demonstrated — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
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