12-letter words containing s, e, t, r, w
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- sportswriter — a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- star network — a circuit with three or more branches all of which have one common terminal.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- story writer — author of prose fiction
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- streetworker — a social worker who works with youths of a neighborhood.
- summer-sweet — sweet pepperbush.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- swagger coat — a woman's pyramid-shaped coat with a full flared back and usually raglan sleeves, first popularized in the 1930s.
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet cherry — a cherry tree, Prunus avium, characterized by reddish-brown bark and a pyramidal manner of growth.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
- sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- sweet pepper — a variety of pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, having a mild-flavored, bell-shaped or somewhat oblong fruit.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- thitherwards — in that direction
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
- tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
- twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
- twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
- twisted pair — A twisted pair is a pair of wires that are twisted together to reduce interference.
- twitterverse — the social networking site Twitter and its users
- unnewsworthy — (of a story or incident) not important or significant enough to be considered news
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- wagon master — wagon boss.
- waistcoateer — a prostitute
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts