10-letter words containing s, w, i
- decwindows — DEC's windowing environment based on the X Window System.
- denis howe — (person) Denis B. Howe (1960 -) Editor of the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
- despawning — Present participle of despawn.
- devilwoods — Plural form of devilwood.
- dewberries — Plural form of dewberry.
- dexterwise — on or to the right hand side (of a heraldic shield)
- dip switch — computing: on-off switch
- disallowed — Forbidden.
- disavowing — Present participle of disavow.
- disc wheel — a road wheel of a motor vehicle that has a round pressed disc in place of spokes
- discrowned — Simple past tense and past participle of discrown.
- disembowel — to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- disempower — to deprive of influence, importance, etc.: Voters feel they have become disempowered by recent political events.
- disemvowel — to remove the vowels from (a word in a text message, email, etc) in order to abbreviate it
- disendowed — Simple past tense and past participle of disendow.
- disendower — One who disendows.
- disentwine — (transitive) To free from being entwined or twisted; untwine.
- dish towel — cloth: for drying dishes
- dishtowels — Plural form of dishtowel.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- disk wheel — a spokeless vehicular wheel, especially on automobiles, having a heavy circular pressed-steel disk mounted on the wheel hub and supporting the tire rim on its outer edge.
- disownment — to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- disworship — to refuse to revere or worship
- dollarwise — as expressed in dollars; in dollars and cents: How much does a million francs amount to, dollarwise?
- downlights — Plural form of downlight.
- downsizing — to design or manufacture a smaller version or type of: The automotive industry downsized its cars for improved fuel economy.
- downslides — Plural form of downslide.
- downstairs — down the stairs.
- downswings — Plural form of downswing.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-slide — Also called draw slide. a black plastic, metal, or fabric sheet that is inserted into a film holder to protect the film from light.
- drawknives — Plural form of drawknife.
- drawstring — a string or cord that tightens or closes an opening, as of a bag, clothing, or the like, when one or both ends are pulled.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eiderdowns — Plural form of eiderdown.
- eisenhower — Dwight David, known as Ike. 1890–1969, US general and Republican statesman; Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943–45) and 34th president of the US (1953–61). He commanded Allied forces in Europe and North Africa (1942), directed the invasion of Italy (1943), and was Supreme Commander of the combined land forces of NATO (1950–52)
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- felixstowe — a port and resort in E England, in Suffolk: ferry connections to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Pop: 29 349 (2001)
- fellowship — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fieldworks — Plural form of fieldwork.
- first down — the first of four consecutive plays during which an offensive team must advance the ball at least ten yards to retain possession of it.
- fish wheel — a trap for catching salmon, consisting of a revolving wheel with attached nets set in a river so that it is turned by the current to capture the passing fish.
- five towns — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- flyweights — Plural form of flyweight.
- foilswoman — a woman who uses or specializes in using a foil