17-letter words containing s, w, e

spaghetti western — a low-budget western movie shot in Italy or Spain, usually with Italian actors and an American star.
spin one's wheels — a circular frame or disk arranged to revolve on an axis, as on or in vehicles or machinery.
spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
spread your wings — if you spread your wings, you do something new and rather difficult or move to a new place, because you feel more confident in your abilities than you used to and you want to gain wider experience
spring cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
squaw huckleberry — deerberry.
stonewall jackson — Andrew ("Old Hickory") 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
store and forward — to store (information) in a computer for later forward transmission through a telecommunication network
straw in the wind — If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
strawberry blonde — woman: with reddish fair hair
strawberry tomato — the small, edible, tomato-like fruit of the plant Physalis pruinosa, of the nightshade family.
swaddling clothes — cloth for wrapping around a baby
swash plate motor — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and converts reciprocating motion to rotation
sweating sickness — a febrile epidemic disease that appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries: characterized by profuse sweating and frequently fatal in a few hours.
sweet mock orange — the syringa, Philadelphus coronarius.
sword and sorcery — a genre of literature and film, usually set in days of old with magic as well as sword fighting
sword of damocles — Damocles (def 2).
teaching software — computer software for use in providing online education
tell its own tale — to be self-evident
tennessee warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora peregrina, having a gray head, a greenish back, and white underparts.
test the water(s) — to explore a possible course of action; approach initially
the final whistle — a blast on a referee's whistle to indicate that a game is over
the hawkeye state — a nickname for the US state of Iowa
the lower animals — relatively simple or primitive animals and not mammals or vertebrates
the lower mammals — relatively simple or primitive mammals
the lower regions — hell
the new jerusalem — the de facto capital of Israel (recognition of this has been withheld by the United Nations), situated in the Judaean hills: became capital of the Hebrew kingdom after its capture by David around 1000 bc; destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 bc; taken by the Romans in 63 bc; devastated in 70 ad and 135 ad during the Jewish rebellions against Rome; fell to the Arabs in 637 and to the Seljuk Turks in 1071; ruled by Crusaders from 1099 to 1187 and by the Egyptians and Turks until conquered by the British (1917); centre of the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948, when the Arabs took the old city and the Jews held the new city; unified after the Six Day War (1967) under the Israelis; the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Pop: 693 200 (2003 est)
the outside world — You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
the show-me state — the nickname of the US state of Missouri, which comes from its inhabitants' reputation for scepticism
the twelve tables — the earliest code of Roman civil, criminal, and religious law, promulgated in 451–450 bc
the whole shebang — The whole shebang is the whole situation or business that you are describing.
the winter season — the season of the year that covers the winter months
thirty years' war — the war, often regarded as a series of wars (1618–48), in central Europe, initially involving a conflict between German Protestants and Catholics and later including political rivalries with France, Sweden, and Denmark opposing the Holy Roman Empire and Spain.
three-strikes law — a law that mandates a life sentence to a felon convicted for the third time.
throat sweetbread — sweetbread (def 2).
tiger swallowtail — a yellow swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus, of eastern North America, having the forewings striped with black.
to do one's worst — If someone does their worst, they do everything unpleasant that they can possibly do. You can say 'do your worst' to show someone that you are not frightened of what they may do.
to get to know sb — If you get to know someone, you find out what they are like by spending time with them.
to know the ropes — If you know the ropes, you know how a particular job or task should be done.
to oil the wheels — If someone or something oils the wheels of a process or system, they help things to run smoothly and successfully.
to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
to steal the show — If you say that someone steals the show, you mean that they get a lot of attention or praise because they perform better than anyone else in a show or other event.
to test the water — If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
tower of strength — a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc
turn of the screw — a short novel (1898) by Henry James.
turn-down service — In a hotel, a turn-down service is the preparation of a room for a guest to sleep in by slightly turning back the comforter on the bed, turning down the lights, and so on.
twelve patriarchs — any of the sons of Jacob ((the twelve patriarchs),) from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
twenty four seven — continually; constantly: They're together 24/7.

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