10-letter words containing s, t, o, w
- news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.
- newsworthy — of sufficient interest to the public or a special audience to warrant press attention or coverage.
- nightgowns — Plural form of nightgown.
- nor'wester — sou'wester (defs 1, 2).
- norristown — a borough in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- north-west — The north-west is the direction which is halfway between north and west.
- northwards — Also, northwards, northwardly. toward the north.
- nowcasting — the preparation or production of nowcasts
- oswego tea — a North American plant, Monarda didyma, of the mint family, having a cluster of showy, bright-red tubular flowers.
- outgrowths — Plural form of outgrowth.
- outsweeten — to be sweeter or make things sweeter than
- outswinger — a ball that when bowled veers from leg side to off side.
- outwrestle — to beat or be more successful than in wrestling, or in a struggle
- overstrewn — scattered over
- plow steel — steel that contains 0.5 to 0.95 percent carbon.
- point-wise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- power list — a list (esp one published in a newspaper, magazine, etc) of the most influential or successful people in a particular field or a particular country
- printworks — (used with a singular or plural verb) a factory that prints textiles or other materials.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- queenstown — former name of Cóbh.
- rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
- restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
- rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- setterwort — the wild plant Helleborus foetidus
- shadowcast — to enhance (a microscope image) by exposing it to a stream of a vapour of a heavy metal in order to create a shadow
- shallowest — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- sheet down — (of rain) to fall heavily in sheets
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- short wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- short-wave — Electricity. a radio wave, shorter than that used in AM broadcasting, corresponding to frequencies of over 1600 kilohertz: used for long-distance reception or transmission.
- shortsword — a short-bladed sword
- shot tower — a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom.
- shout down — silence by speaking more loudly than
- show trial — (especially in a totalitarian state) the public trial of a political offender conducted chiefly for propagandistic purposes, as to suppress further dissent against the government by making an example of the accused.
- showboater — a boat, especially a paddle-wheel steamer, used as a traveling theater.
- shower tea — kitchen tea.
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- slow pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched with an underhand motion at moderate speed in an arc that rises at least six feet above the ground
- slow-pitch — a type of softball with ten players per side and in which each pitch must travel in an arc from three to ten feet high.
- small town — Small town is used when referring to small places, usually in the United States, where people are friendly, honest, and polite, or to the people there. Small town is also sometimes used to suggest that someone has old-fashioned ideas.
- small-town — of, relating to, or characteristic of a town or village: a typical, small-town general store.
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- sneezewort — a composite plant, Achillea ptarmica, of Europe, the powdered leaves of which cause sneezing.
- snow crust — a relatively hard, upper layer or film of ice or compacted snow on a snow surface.