11-letter words containing s, t, o, w
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- follow shot — Also, following shot. Movies, Television. a traveling shot made as the camera moves along with the subject: a follow shot of the buffalo stampede, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
- follow suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- forty winks — a short nap.
- forwardmost — all the way at the front; first.
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- get wise to — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- go to waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- home waters — territorial waters
- honey-sweet — sweet as honey.
- house white — a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- law society — association of lawyers
- least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- low-tension — subjected to, or capable of operating under, relatively low voltage: low-tension wire. Abbreviation: lt, L.T.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- master-work — masterpiece.
- masterworks — Plural form of masterwork.
- meadowsweet — any plant belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, especially S. latifolia, having white or pink flowers.
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- misbestowal — a wrong or improper bestowal
- most-farrow — (of a cow) not pregnant.
- motherworts — Plural form of motherwort.
- narrowboats — Plural form of narrowboat.
- news editor — a person who is in charge of the news desk at a newspaper or broadcasting organization and whose job is to oversee the selection and preparation of news items for publication or broadcast
- nimzowitsch — Aaron Isayevich (ɪˈzaɪjɛvɪtʃ) 1886–1935, Latvian chess player and theorist; influential in enunciating the principles of the hypermodern school, of which he was the main instigator
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- northwester — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northwest.
- objectworks — An object-oriented development environment developed by ParcPlace, available under Smalltalk and C++.
- offset well — An offset well is a wellbore which is close to a proposed well, and which provides information for planning the proposed well.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.
- otter shrew — a chiefly aquatic insectivore, Potamogale velox, of western Africa, that resembles an otter, having sleek, brown fur and a flattened tail.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswimming — Present participle of outswim.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- oversweeten — to sweeten too much
- overwrestle — to overpower by wrestling
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.