15-letter words containing s, w, a

downward closed — closure
draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
eat one's words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
edwards plateau — a highland area in SW Texas. 2000–5000 feet (600–1500 meters) high.
english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
false miterwort — foamflower.
fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
first world war — World War I.
fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
fraternal twins — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
gesamtkunstwerk — total art work; an artistic creation, as the music dramas of Richard Wagner, that synthesizes the elements of music, drama, spectacle, dance, etc.
giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
gibson, william — William Gibson
go on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
grasp at straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
have words with — to argue angrily with
hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
heath speedwell — a temperate scrophulariaceous plant, Veronica officinalis, having small blue or pinkish white flowers
housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
in harness with — in cooperation with
in the same way — similarly
james rainwater — (Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.
jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
kidasa software — (company) A company which develops project management software for Microsoft Windows.
kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
lady's bedstraw — a Eurasian rubiaceous plant, Galium verum, with clusters of small yellow flowers
lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
leeward islands — a group of islands in the Caribbean, in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique
legacy software — legacy system
levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea

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