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10-letter words containing s, w, y

  • shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
  • shrewsbury — a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
  • skywriting — the act or technique of writing against the sky with chemically produced smoke released from a maneuvering airplane.
  • skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
  • sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
  • sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
  • smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
  • snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks
  • snow bunny — a devotee of winter sports
  • store away — keep
  • strawberry — the fruit of any stemless plant belonging to the genus Fragaria, of the rose family, consisting of an enlarged fleshy receptacle bearing achenes on its exterior.
  • strip away — remove entirely
  • swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
  • sweetishly — in a sweetish manner
  • swimmingly — without difficulty; with great success; effortlessly: She passed the exam swimmingly.
  • switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • sword lily — a gladiolus.
  • tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
  • thwartways — sideways or crosswise
  • tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
  • twenty-six — a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
  • two-storey — (of a building) having two floors or levels
  • unswayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
  • viewlessly — in a viewless manner
  • wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
  • walvis bay — an inlet of the S Atlantic Ocean, on the coast of Namibia, in SW Africa.
  • waste away — become thin and weak
  • wastefully — In a wasteful manner.
  • wavelessly — (of water) Without being disturbed by waves; tranquilly.
  • waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
  • wednesdays — on or during Wednesdays; every Wednesday.
  • welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
  • westwardly — having a westward direction or situation: the westwardly migration of the 1850s.
  • whisky mac — a drink consisting of whisky and ginger wine
  • whiskyjack — (Canada) Alternative form of whisky jack (gray jay, Canada jay).
  • whitsunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
  • wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
  • willywacks — willowwacks.
  • windlessly — Without any wind.
  • winstanley — Gerrard. ?1609–60, English radical; leader of the Diggers (1649–50) and author of the pamphlet The Law of Freedom in a Platform (1652)
  • wirelessly — having no wire.
  • womanishly — In a womanish way.
  • wondrously — wonderful; remarkable.
  • wood pussy — a skunk.
  • wood-pussy — a skunk.
  • wordlessly — In a wordless manner.
  • work-study — an examination of ways of finding the most efficient method of doing a job, esp in terms of time and effort
  • worrywarts — Plural form of worrywart.
  • wrongously — in an unjust or unfair manner
  • wykehamist — a pupil or former pupil of Winchester College
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