10-letter words containing s, w, a, l
- shopwalker — a floorwalker.
- show a leg — to get up in the morning
- 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.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
- sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
- slow coach — a slowpoke.
- slow march — a march in slow time
- slow match — a slow-burning match or fuse, often consisting of a rope or cord soaked in a solution of saltpeter.
- 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.
- smallsword — a light, tapering sword for thrusting, formerly used in fencing or dueling.
- smallworld — (legal) A trademark of Smallworldwide Plc..
- smart well — A smart well is a well which has equipment that can be controlled either automatically or by an operator at a remote location.
- smart wool — a textile produced by blending wool with a conductive fibre, which can be heated by means of a small battery
- smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
- snow apple — Fameuse.
- snow plant — a leafless, parasitic plant, Sarcodes sanguinea, of the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, having a stout spike of bright red flowers, a thickly scaled stem, and a corallike mass of roots.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- social war — Greek History. the war between Athens and its confederates, 357–355 b.c.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
- space walk — When an astronaut goes on a space walk, he or she leaves the spacecraft and works outside it while floating in space.
- speedwalks — power walking.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- square-law — of or relating to an electronic circuit or device that produces an output voltage proportional to the square of its input voltage over the range of input voltages for which it is designed to function: square-law detector.
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- straw poll — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
- sunset law — a statute that includes provision for automatic termination of a government program, agency, etc., at the end of a specified time period unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.
- swallow up — envelop completely
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- sweet flag — an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots
- sweet gale — a shrub, Myrica gale, of northern swamp regions, having yellow catkin-like flowers and aromatic leaves: family Myricaceae
- sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
- sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
- swing loan — a bridge loan.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swiss ball — a very large inflatable ball made of strong elastic rubber, used for physical exercise and in physiotherapy
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- twin falls — a city in S Idaho.
- unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- unwashable — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wage scale — a schedule of wages paid workers performing related tasks in an industry or shop.
- wage slave — a person who works for a wage, especially with total and immediate dependency on the income derived from such labor.
- wages bill — the total amount of money that a company or organization pays to its employees