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10-letter words containing s, w, e

  • rawsthorne — Alan. 1905–71, English composer, whose works include three symphonies, several concertos, and a set of Symphonic Studies (1939)
  • real wages — wages evaluated with reference to their purchasing power rather than to the money actually paid
  • reichswehr — the 100,000-man army Germany was permitted to maintain under the Versailles Treaty after World War I: the limit was secretly exceeded.
  • renewables — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
  • restharrow — a low, pink-flowered European shrub, Ononis spinosa, of the legume family, having tough roots that hinder the plow or harrow.
  • rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
  • riverwards — towards a river
  • rose-water — having the aroma or fragrance of rose water.
  • sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
  • saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
  • sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
  • salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
  • sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
  • sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
  • savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
  • scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
  • scapewheel — escape wheel.
  • scare away — frighten off sb, sth
  • scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
  • schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
  • schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
  • score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
  • screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
  • screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
  • screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
  • screw jack — jackscrew.
  • screw nail — drive screw.
  • screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
  • screw pine — any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.
  • screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • screwiness — the state or quality of being screwy
  • screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
  • sea lawyer — a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.
  • sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.
  • seal brown — a rich, dark brown suggestive of dressed and dyed sealskin.
  • second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
  • sedge wren — a small wren, Cistothorus platensis, of the Americas, inhabiting wet, sedgy meadows.
  • self-aware — having knowledge; conscious; cognizant: aware of danger.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • semiweekly — occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week: semiweekly visits.
  • semmelweis — Ignaz Philipp [ig-nahts fee-lip] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1818–65, Hungarian obstetrician.
  • setterwort — the wild plant Helleborus foetidus
  • sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
  • sewage gas — gas given off in the digestion of sewage consisting of approximately 66 per cent methane and 34 per cent carbon dioxide
  • sewer pill — a ribbed wooden ball for scraping the walls of a sewer through which it floats.
  • sewing bee — a small informal social gathering (usually of women) based around the activity of making or mending clothes or other things with a needle and thread
  • sewing kit — A sewing kit is a small package containing items, such as needles and thread, that you need to sew something.
  • sex worker — prostitution.
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