11-letter words containing s, w, b
- snow blower — a motor-driven machine on wheels used to remove snow by throwing it into the air and to one side.
- snow bridge — a mass of snow bridging a crevasse, sometimes affording a risky way across it
- snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
- snowmobiler — a person who drives a snowmobile
- spin bowler — a bowler who specializes in bowling balls with a spinning motion
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- swallowable — to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
- swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
- swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swashbuckle — to work, behave, or perform as a swashbuckler.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- sweat blood — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
- sweet basil — any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
- sweet herbs — sweet-smelling herbs that are grown specifically for cooking
- sweet shrub — Carolina allspice.
- sweetlambda — Sugared lambda-calculus(?).
- switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
- tribeswoman — a female member of a tribe.
- unbeknownst — unknown; unperceived; without one's knowledge (usually followed by to).
- waffle slab — a reinforced-concrete floor and roof construction employing a square grid of deep ribs with coffers in the interstices.
- waldsterben — the symptoms of tree decline in central Europe from the 1970s, considered to be caused by atmospheric pollution
- walfish bay — Walvis Bay.
- walking bus — a group of schoolchildren walking together along an agreed route to and from school, accompanied by adults, with children joining and leaving the group at prearranged points
- warrensburg — a town in central Missouri.
- washability — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, or the like.
- wastebasket — a standing basket for wastepaper, small items of trash, etc.
- water brash — heartburn (def 1).
- wattlebirds — Plural form of wattlebird.
- weaverbirds — Plural form of weaverbird.
- web address — Computers. URL (def 2).
- web browser — a person or thing that browses.
- web du bois — William Edward Burghardt [burg-hahrd] /ˈbɜrg hɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1868–1963, U.S. educator and writer.
- web hosting — the business of providing various services, hardware, and software for websites, as storage and maintenance of site files on a server.
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- webmeisters — Plural form of webmeister.
- webmistress — a woman who designs and maintains a website.
- websquatter — A person or company that engages in websquatting.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- west bengal — a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).
- west berlin — Irving, 1888–1989, U.S. songwriter.
- westborough — a town in central Massachusetts.