11-letter words containing s, w, u
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
- house white — a white wine sold unnamed by a restaurant, at a lower price than wines specified on the wine list
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- houseworker — a paid employee in a home, as a maid or cook.
- jesuit ware — Chinese porcelain of the early 18th century, decorated with Christian motifs, usually in black and gold on a white background.
- joule's law — the principle that the rate of production of heat by a constant direct current is directly proportional to the resistance of the circuit and to the square of the current.
- knackwursts — Plural form of knackwurst.
- knockwursts — Plural form of knockwurst.
- law student — sb who studies legal system
- leisurewear — casual clothes that are designed for wear during leisure time.
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- low-sulphur — (esp of fuel) containing or made from sources containing relatively little sulphur
- lower house — one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lutosławski — Witold (ˈvitɔlt). 1913–94, Polish composer, whose works frequently juxtapose aleatoric and notated writing
- moscow mule — a cocktail of vodka, lime juice, and ginger beer, traditionally served in a copper mug.
- mounds view — a town in E Minnesota.
- mouse elbow — (jargon, medical) A tennis-elbow-like fatigue syndrome resulting from excessive use of a WIMP. Similarly, "mouse shoulder". GLS reports that he used to get this a lot before he taught himself to be ambimoustrous.
- musical saw — a handsaw played as a musical instrument with a violin bow or a hammer while the saw is bent with varying tension to change the pitch.
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
- musk mallow — Also called musk rose. a European mallow, Malva moschata, introduced into North America, having musk-scented white or lavender flowers.
- new cuisine — nouvelle cuisine.
- ombudswoman — a woman employed to investigate complaints against government or institutional officials, employers, etc.
- ombudswomen — Plural form of ombudswoman.
- outswearing — Present participle of outswear.
- outswimming — Present participle of outswim.
- outswingers — Plural form of outswinger.
- outwardness — (uncountable) The quality of being outward.
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- puppet show — an entertainment, as a play or musical revue, in which the performers are puppets.
- put down as — If you put someone or something down as a particular type of person or thing, you consider that they are that thing.
- saul bellow — Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- show around — guide round a new place
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- showjumping — horseriding event
- shunt-wound — noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.
- shuttlewise — in the manner of a shuttle (i.e. back and forth)
- skunk works — (usually lowercase). Also, skunk works, skunkworks [skuhngk-wurks] /ˈskʌŋkˌwɜrks/ (Show IPA). Slang. an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
- slumdweller — a person who lives in a slum.
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- sorrowfully — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- south downs — a range of low hills, from Hampshire to East Sussex, in S England.