12-letter words containing s, e, w, l
- sleepwalking — an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation.
- slow neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- slow-release — sustained-release.
- slum-dweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- slumber wear — nightclothes
- small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
- snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- squaw valley — valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, E Calif., near Lake Tahoe: a ski resort
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- sunshine law — a law requiring a government agency to open its official meetings and records to the general public.
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- swamp azalea — an azalea, Rhododendron viscosum, of the eastern U.S., having fragrant, white to pink or sometimes red flowers.
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- sweet violet — a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.
- swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
- swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases