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10-letter words containing s, e, w, a

  • paper wasp — any of several social wasps, as the yellow jacket or hornet, that construct a nest of a paperlike substance consisting of chewed plant material.
  • parcelwise — bit by bit
  • pass water — to urinate
  • passageway — a way for passing into, through, or out of something, as within a building or between buildings; a corridor, hall, alley, catwalk, or the like.
  • pillowcase — a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.
  • pine straw — fallen pine needles.
  • pipsissewa — any evergreen plant of the genus Chimaphila, especially C. umbellata, the leaves of which are used medicinally for their tonic, diuretic, and astringent properties.
  • planer saw — a hollow-ground circular saw for ripping and cutting across grain, having raker teeth for clearing away the chips cut by the cutting teeth.
  • power base — a source of authority or influence, especially in politics, founded on support by an organized body of voters, ethnic minority, economic class, etc.: His election as governor gives him a power base for seeking the presidency.
  • presswoman — a female reporter
  • quartersaw — to saw (lumber) from quarter sections of logs so that the annual rings in any board form at least a 45° angle with the faces of the board.
  • queensware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • rain-swept — A rain-swept place is a place where it is raining heavily.
  • randomwise — in a random manner
  • ransomware — malware planted illegally in a computer or mobile device that disables its operation or access to its data until the owner or operator pays to regain control or access.
  • raree show — peep show.
  • raw sienna — a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
  • rawinsonde — a method of upper-atmosphere meteorological observation conducted by means of a radiosonde tracked by radar.
  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • real wages — wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid
  • renewables — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
  • riverwards — towards a river
  • rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
  • sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
  • saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
  • sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
  • salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
  • sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
  • sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
  • scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
  • scapewheel — escape wheel.
  • scare away — frighten off sb, sth
  • scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
  • score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
  • screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
  • screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
  • screw jack — jackscrew.
  • screw nail — drive screw.
  • screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • sea lawyer — a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.
  • sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
  • seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
  • self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
  • sewage gas — gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide
  • shadowless — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
  • shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
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