10-letter words containing s, w, i, n
- sewing kit — A sewing kit is a small package containing items, such as needles and thread, that you need to sew something.
- shadow pin — a vertical pin set in an azimuth instrument or at the center of a compass card, indicating by the direction of its shadow the azimuth of the sun.
- shawinigan — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- sidewinder — a severe swinging blow from the side.
- sinewiness — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- skew lines — two or more lines that lie in different planes, are not parallel, and do not intersect
- skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snow train — a train that takes passengers to and from a winter resort area.
- snow-blind — the usually temporary dimming of the sight caused by the glare of reflected sunlight on snow.
- snow-white — white as snow.
- snowmaking — the creation of artificial snow at ski areas.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- snowtubing — the sport of moving across snow on a large inflated inner tube
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- splintwood — a thin flexible wood often used for making baskets
- split-wing — of or relating to wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
- springwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by large, thin-walled cells, formed during the first part of the growing season.
- springwort — a plant with magical powers, mentioned in fables and folklore but not identified
- sqlwindows — (programming, product) A package used to graphically develop MS-Windows client-server applications. Sold by Gupta Corporation.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stick down — seal with an adhesive
- still wine — any nonsparkling table wine.
- stink with — to emit a strong offensive smell.
- stolenwise — in a stealthy or secretive manner
- 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.
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- swamp pink — a bog plant, Helonias bullata, of the lily family, native to the eastern U.S., having a dense spike of small, fragrant pink flowers.
- sweetening — something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc.
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- swimmingly — without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.
- swinestone — a type of limestone that emits an unpleasant odour when rubbed or struck
- swing band — a band that plays swing jazz
- swing door — a door that swings open on being pushed or pulled from either side and then swings closed by itself.
- swing loan — a bridge loan.
- swing pass — a pass thrown to a receiver, usually a running back, who is running toward a sideline
- swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swing-wing — (of an airplane) having wings whose horizontal angle to the fuselage centerline can be adjusted fore and aft to optimize aerodynamic performance at widely differing speeds.
- swinglebar — a whiffletree.
- swinnerton — Frank (Arthur) 1884–1982, English novelist and critic.
- swiss pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra,, found especially in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- swivel gun — a gun mounted on a pedestal so that it can be turned from side to side or up and down.