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11-letter words containing s, w, e

  • hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
  • headwaiters — Plural form of headwaiter.
  • heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
  • henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
  • here's how! — (as a toast) good health!
  • hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
  • hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
  • home waters — territorial waters
  • homeworkers — Plural form of homeworker.
  • honey-sweet — sweet as honey.
  • hooke's law — the law stating that the stress on a solid substance is directly proportional to the strain produced, provided the stress is less than the elastic limit of the substance.
  • hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
  • horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
  • house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
  • house white — a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
  • housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
  • housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
  • houseworker — a paid employee in a home, as a maid or cook.
  • howe, denis — Denis Howe
  • ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
  • id software — (games)   Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
  • ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
  • in the swim — to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
  • in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
  • ingrownness — the quality of having ingrown
  • intertwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intertwine.
  • interweaves — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interweave.
  • irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
  • ironworkers — Plural form of ironworker.
  • jawbreakers — Plural form of jawbreaker.
  • jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
  • jew-s--harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
  • jewelfishes — Plural form of jewelfish.
  • jewelleries — articles of gold, silver, precious stones, etc., for personal adornment.
  • jimson weed — a coarse, rank-smelling weed, Datura stramonium, of the nightshade family, having oaklike, poisonous leaves and tubular white or lavender flowers.
  • jimsonweeds — Plural form of jimsonweed.
  • joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
  • kew gardens — the Royal Botanic Gardens in the Greater London borough of Richmond-upon-Thames, on the River Thames; established in 1759 and given to the nation in 1841
  • keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
  • knowingness — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
  • kwasniewski — Aleksander [ah-lek-sahn-der] /ˌɑ lɛkˈsɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), born 1954, Polish journalist and politician: president of Poland 1995–.
  • lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
  • law society — association of lawyers
  • law student — sb who studies legal system
  • lawbreakers — Plural form of lawbreaker.
  • lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
  • lawn tennis — tennis, especially when played on a grass court.
  • least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
  • least-worst — bad but better than any available alternative
  • lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
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