10-letter words containing s, w
- downstreet — Toward the lower part of a street.
- downstroke — a downward stroke, as of a machine part, piston, or the like.
- downswings — Plural form of downswing.
- downthrows — Plural form of downthrow.
- downtrends — Plural form of downtrend.
- downwashes — Plural form of downwash.
- draw slide — dark slide (def 1).
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- 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.
- drawplates — Plural form of drawplate.
- drawshaves — Plural form of drawshave.
- 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.
- dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
- dress-down — pertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual: dress-down days during the summer.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- 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)
- elbow-rest — something designed for resting one's elbow on
- endowments — Plural form of endowment.
- expressway — A highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled entrance and exit, a dividing strip between the traffic in opposite directions, and typically two or more lanes in each direction.
- eye shadow — make-up for the eyelids
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- f & ws — Fish and Wildlife Service
- fallowness — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- farnsworth — Philo Taylor [fahy-loh] /ˈfaɪ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1906–71, U.S. physicist and inventor: pioneer in the field of television.
- 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.
- feverworts — Plural form of feverwort.
- 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.
- flawlessly — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- floodwalls — Plural form of floodwall.
- floor show — a nightclub entertainment typically consisting of a series of singing, dancing, and often comedy acts.
- floorshows — Plural form of floorshow.
- flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment