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10-letter words containing s, w, b

  • snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
  • snowblower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
  • snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
  • snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
  • spider web — the web that is spun by a spider, made of interlaced threads of viscous fluid that harden on exposure to air.
  • squawk box — the speaker of a public-address system or an intercom system; loudspeaker.
  • stab wound — knife injury
  • straw boss — someone who works alongside other workers but who also acts in a supervisory role; assistant foreman
  • straw-boss — to act as a straw boss to: She was assigned to straw-boss the night shift.
  • strawberry — the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.
  • strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
  • sugar bowl — a small bowl, usually having a cover, for serving granulated sugar or sugar cubes.
  • super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
  • swamp boat — Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
  • swatchbook — a booklet containing samples (of paper, cloth, etc)
  • swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
  • swedenborg — Emanuel [ih-man-yoo-uh l;; Swedish e-mah-noo-uh l] /ɪˈmæn yu əl;; Swedish ɛˈmɑ nu əl/ (Show IPA), (Emanuel Swedberg) 1688–1772, Swedish scientist, philosopher, and mystic.
  • sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  • sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
  • swing band — a band that plays swing jazz
  • swinglebar — a whiffletree.
  • swiss ball — a very large inflatable ball made of strong elastic rubber, used for physical exercise and in physiotherapy
  • switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
  • switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
  • sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
  • sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
  • tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • unbestowed — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
  • 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.
  • wabiserver — (operating system, tool)   An addition to Wabi which allows the Microsoft Windows application to run on a server, e.g. a powerful Intel-based computer, with users accessing it from their desktop which can be a cheap computer such as an X terminal.
  • wages bill — the total amount of money that a company or organization pays to its employees
  • wagon boss — a man in charge of a wagon train.
  • waistbands — Plural form of waistband.
  • walkabouts — Plural form of walkabout.
  • wallboards — Plural form of wallboard.
  • walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
  • washbasins — Plural form of washbasin.
  • washbasket — Alternative form of wash basket.
  • washboards — Plural form of washboard.
  • waterbucks — Plural form of waterbuck.
  • waterbuses — Plural form of waterbus.
  • waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
  • web design — a person who plans, designs, creates, and often maintains websites.
  • web offset — a method of offset printing using a web press
  • web server — a remote computer or a computer program that delivers Web pages to a user's computer, or a client, upon request from a web browser.
  • webcasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
  • webmasters — Plural form of webmaster.
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