11-letter words containing s, w, i, p
- swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
- swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
- swiss lapis — cracked quartz, stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- townscaping — the act of designing a town
- trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
- upside down — with the upper part undermost.
- warm spring — a thermal spring having a temperature of up to 98°F (37°C).
- waspishness — The quality of being waspish.
- watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
- web spinner — any of several slender insects, of the order Embioptera, that nest in colonies in silken webs spun with secretions from the enlarged front legs.
- wellsprings — Plural form of wellspring.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- westpolitik — a policy of a Communist country of adopting trade and diplomatic relations with non-Communist nations.
- whimperings — Plural form of whimpering.
- whisperings — Plural form of whispering.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
- white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
- whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- wimpishness — The state or quality of being wimpish.
- wind sprint — a sprint, usually run several times in succession as part of a conditioning program, to develop an athlete's wind, speed, and endurance.
- window-shop — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- windowpanes — Plural form of windowpane.
- winepresses — Plural form of winepress.
- witherspoon — John, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
- wolf spider — any of numerous ground spiders of the family Lycosidae, including the southern European tarantula, Lycosa taretula, that hunt their prey instead of using a web.
- wood spirit — methyl alcohol.
- workmanship — the art or skill of a workman or workwoman.
- worshipable — Capable of being worshiped; worthy of veneration.
- worshipless — lacking worship, not worshipped
- worshippers — Plural form of worshipper.
- worshipping — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- wrist plate — a platelike part of a mechanism, oscillating in its own plane, to which links or rods are attached by pins.