10-letter words containing s, w, e
- sternworks — the rear of a vessel
- stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- still wine — any nonsparkling table wine.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- stockowner — stockholder (def 1).
- stolenwise — in a stealthy or secretive manner
- store away — keep
- straw vote — an unofficial vote taken to obtain an indication of the general trend of opinion on a particular issue.
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- 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.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
- streetwear — fashionable casual clothes
- streetwise — street-smart.
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- 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.
- super bowl — the annual championship football game between the best team of the National Football Conference and that of the American Football Conference.
- superpower — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
- supersweet — extremely sweet
- supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
- superwoman — a woman of extraordinary or superhuman powers.
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
- swamp rose — a shrub, Rosa palustris, of eastern North America, having pink flowers nearly 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
- swarm cell — the amebalike germinated spore cell of myxomycetes.
- swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
- swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
- sweat sock — one of a pair of socks made of thick, absorbent cotton, wool, or other material and worn during exercise, sports, leisure activity, etc.
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
- sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
- sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- 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.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
- sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
- sweet fern — a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae
- 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 roll — a roll made of sweet dough, often containing spices, raisins, nuts, candied fruit, etc., and sometimes iced on top.
- sweet shop — a store that sells candy.
- sweet spot — Sports. the spot on a club, racket, bat, etc., where a ball is most effectively hit.
- sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
- sweet-shop — a store that sells candy.
- sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
- 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.