10-letter words containing s, w, i
- stitchwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
- stock whip — a whip with a long lash and a short handle, as used to herd cattle
- 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.
- streetwise — street-smart.
- strip away — remove entirely
- strip down — remove paint or wallpaper from
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- strip-wash — a thorough, all-over wash with a flannel, sponge, etc, and water but without getting into a bath or shower
- supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
- 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.
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
- sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
- sweetening — something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc.
- sweetishly — in a sweetish manner
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- swi-prolog — (programming) A Prolog by Jan Wielemaker <[email protected]> like a superset of Edinburgh Prolog. Version 1.7.2. Docking Station is distributed under General Public License. It runs on Sun-4, Sun-3, Linux, DEC MIPS (incomplete), RS/6000, PS2/AIX, Atari ST, Gould PN, NeXT, VAX, HP-UX (problems), MS-DOS, and OS/2. Mailing list: [email protected]
- swift moth — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface
- 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.
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- swipe left — to move a finger from right to left across a touchscreen in order to dismiss an image
- swiss ball — a very large inflatable ball made of strong elastic rubber, used for physical exercise and in physiotherapy
- swiss pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra,, found especially in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- swiss roll — A swiss roll is a cylindrical cake made from a thin flat sponge which is covered with jam or cream on one side, then rolled up.
- switch box — a box, usually of metal, containing one or more electric switches.
- switch hit — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter
- switch off — the act or process of switching off a power supply, light source, appliance, etc.
- switch-hit — to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
- switch-off — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- switchback — a highway, as in a mountainous area, having many hairpin curves.
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
- switchgirl — a woman who operates a telephone switchboard
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- swivel gun — a gun mounted on a pedestal so that it can be turned from side to side or up and down.
- swiveltree — swingletree.