11-letter words containing s, o, r, w, e
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- personpower — the power or influence of a person
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- powder snow — powder1 (def 3).
- power press — a press operated by a mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- resort town — a holiday town
- rose grower — a person who grows rose plants
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- scissorwise — in a movement or position which imitates scissors
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- screw joint — a type of joint that is fastened by means of screws
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
- shortweight — to give less than the weight charged for: The firm is accused of shortweighting grain.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
- shower room — a room which contains a shower
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showeriness — the state or quality of being showery
- showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
- showstopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
- slipperwort — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Calceolaria, of the figwort family, having opposite or whorled leaves and slipper-shaped flowers.
- slow cooker — an electric cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid for cooking meats, casseroles, etc., for several hours at relatively low temperatures, usually around 200° F (93.3° C).
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snow report — a regular weather report that concentrates on details of amounts of snow and conditions at ski resorts
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- snowy egret — a white egret, Egretta thula, of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: formerly hunted in great numbers for its plumes, the species is now protected and has recovered.
- snowy river — a river in SE Australia, rising in SE New South Wales: waters diverted through a system of dams and tunnels across the watershed into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for hydroelectric power and to provide water for irrigation. Length: 426 km (265 miles)
- soap powder — soap produced and packaged in powdered form.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- solar power — energy generated by the sun
- somersworth — a town in SE New Hampshire.