12-letter words containing s, w, e, t, l
- spotted wilt — a viral disease of plants, characterized by wilting and by brown, sunken spots and streaks on the stems and leaves.
- st. lawrence — D(avid) H(erbert) 1885–1930, English novelist.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- stefan's law — the principle that the energy radiated per second by unit area of a black body at thermodynamic temperature T is directly proportional to T4. The constant of proportionality is the Stefan constant, equal to 5.670400 × 10–8 Wm–2 K–4
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- sternwheeler — a boat propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
- stitch wheel — a notched wheel used by a harness maker to mark out the spacing for stitching
- stone curlew — thick-knee.
- stonewalling — the act of stalling, evading, or filibustering, especially to avoid revealing politically embarrassing information.
- storage wall — a set of shelves, cabinets, or the like that covers or forms a wall.
- straw yellow — a pale yellow; straw color.
- streetwalker — a prostitute who solicits on the streets.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- swash letter — an ornamental italic capital letter having a flourish extending beyond the body of the type.
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- sweater girl — a young woman with a shapely bosom, especially one who wears tight sweaters.
- sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- sweet cicely — any of several plants, as a European plant, Myrrhis odorata, of the parsley family, used as a potherb, or certain related North American plants of the genus Osmorhiza.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- sweet violet — a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
- the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
- the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
- the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
- to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
- torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
- tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
- two sicilies — Two Sicilies.
- vowel system — the vowel sounds of a language, especially when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group.
- warrant sale — a sale of someone's personal belongings or household effects that have been seized to meet unpaid debts
- wash leather — a soft leather, usually made of sheepskin
- wash-leather — a soft leather, usually sheepskin, dressed in imitation of chamois.
- wastefulness — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- watchfulness — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- water closet — an enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
- water locust — a spiny tree, Gleditsia aquatica, of the legume family, native to the southeastern coastal U.S., having pinnate leaves, greenish-yellow, bell-shaped flowers, and long-stalked, thin pods.
- water pistol — a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- water slater — an aquatic isopod of the genus Asellus, common in weedy water
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- watercolours — Plural form of watercolour.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- watkins glen — a village in W New York, on Seneca Lake: gorge and cascades.
- weatherglass — any of various instruments, as a barometer or a hygroscope, designed to indicate the state of the atmosphere.
- weightlessly — Whilst weightless; without weight.
- well-stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.