9-letter words containing s, w, i
- snow lily — glacier lily.
- snow line — the line, as on mountains, above which there is perpetual snow.
- snow ring — basket (def 8).
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snowblink — a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow surface.
- snowdonia — a massif in NW Wales, in Gwynedd, the highest peak being Snowdon
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- somewhile — at some former time.
- sorrowing — experiencing or expressing sorrow
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- spewiness — the condition of being boggy or poorly drained
- spicewood — spicebush (def 1).
- spiderweb — to cover with a spider web or fine lines resembling a spider web.
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- spirewise — in the manner of a spire
- split-new — brand-new
- spokewise — in relation to, away from, or toward a center, as the spokes on a wheel: The projections were arranged spokewise around the core.
- spoolview — (tool) A printing system for Unix. SpoolView can control several printers connected to a TCP/IP network. Different printers can be loaded with different paper and forms. After submitting a print request, the user can change the printer, form, number of copies or priority. Administrators can register new printers, change paper forms on printers, cancel requests, suspend printers.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- squawfish — any of several large, voracious cyprinid fishes of the genus Ptychocheilus, inhabiting rivers of the western U.S. and Canada: the Colorado squawfish, P. lucius, is endangered.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- stairwise — by steps or in the manner of steps
- stairwork — unseen plotting
- stanisław — Saint. 1030–79, the patron saint of Poland. As Bishop of Cracow (1072–79) he excommunicated King Bolesław II, who arranged his murder. Feast day: May 11
- statewide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stay with — to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- stickweed — the ragweed.
- stickwork — a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- stinkweed — any of various rank-smelling plants, as the jimson weed.
- stinkwood — any of several trees yielding fetid wood.
- stokowski — Leopold Antoni Stanislaw [lee-uh-pohld ahn-toh-nee stah-nee-slahf] /ˈli əˌpoʊld ɑnˈtoʊ ni stɑˈni slɑf/ (Show IPA), 1882–1977, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in England.
- storewide — applying to all the merchandise or all the departments within a store: the annual storewide clearance sale.
- stownlins — secretly; stealthily.
- subwriter — a person carrying out writing tasks for another writer
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- superwide — a wide-angle camera lens
- superwife — a highly accomplished wife
- swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
- swan dive — into water
- swan-dive — to perform a swan dive.
- swartzite — a hydrous carbonate of calcium, magnesium, and uranium, occurring in green crystals: an ore of uranium.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- sweatsuit — A sweatsuit is a loose, warm, stretchy suit consisting of long trousers and a top which people wear to relax and do exercise.
- sweelinck — Jan Pieters [yahn pee-tuh rs] /yɑn ˈpi tərs/ (Show IPA), or Jan Pieterszoon [yahn pee-tuh r-sohn] /yɑn ˈpi tərˌsoʊn/ (Show IPA), 1562–1621, Dutch organist and composer.