12-letter words containing s, i, t, w, e
- new politics — politics concerned more with grass-roots participation in the political process than with party loyalty or affiliation: identified especially with the candidacies of Senators Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern.
- night sweats — heavy sweating during sleep, especially as a symptom of certain diseases, as tuberculosis.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- outside work — work done off the premises of a business
- oyster white — a slightly grayish white; off-white.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- picture show — motion picture.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- siamese twin — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sinisterwise — in a leftwards direction
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- 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.
- 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.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- 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.
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- story writer — author of prose fiction
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- sweat equity — unreimbursed labor that results in the increased value of property or that is invested to establish or expand an enterprise.
- sweat it out — wait tensely