10-letter words containing s, w
- interviews — Hold an interview with (someone).
- interwinds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interwind.
- inwardness — the state of being inward or internal: the inwardness of the body's organs.
- irish stew — a stew usually made of mutton, lamb, or beef, with potatoes, onions, etc.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- jackscrews — Plural form of jackscrew.
- jackstraws — one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- james watt — James, 1736–1819, Scottish engineer and inventor.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jasperware — a compact, opaque, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually colored red: often used in decorative carvings.
- jaw's-harp — Jew's harp.
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jew's harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jew's-harp — (sometimes lowercase) a small, simple musical instrument consisting of a lyre-shaped metal frame containing a metal tongue, which is plucked while the frame is held in the teeth, the vibrations causing twanging tones.
- jewel case — a small box or chest, often lined in a soft fabric and fitted with compartments, designed to hold jewelry.
- jewelweeds — Plural form of jewelweed.
- jewishness — the state or quality of being Jewish.
- jimsonweed — (botany, US) A poisonous plant Datura stramonium, in the nightshade (Solanaceae) family. A hallucinogen occasionally ingested by those looking for a cheap high.
- jobsworths — Plural form of jobsworth.
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- ki-swahili — Swahili (def 2).
- kieślowski — Krzysztof (ˈkrɪʃtɔf). 1941–96, Polish film director, whose later films were made in France; his work includes the television series Decalogue (1988–89) and the film trilogy Three Colours (1993–94)
- killswitch — Alternative spelling of kill switch.
- kiwisports — a fitness programme developed for schools, involving a selection of sports such as rounders, cricket, and netball
- knackwurst — a short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
- knockdowns — Plural form of knockdown.
- knockwurst — knackwurst.
- know-hows' — knowledge of how to do something; faculty or skill for a particular activity; expertise: Designing a computer requires a lot of know-how.
- knowledges — Plural form of knowledge.
- ladieswear — clothes designed for women
- landowners — Plural form of landowner.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- last straw — the last of a succession of irritations, incidents, remarks, etc., that leads to a loss of patience, a disaster, etc.: He has been late before, but this is the last straw.
- law courts — a body which adjudicates legal disputes and attempts to administer justice in accordance with the law
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- lawfulness — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- lawnmowers — Plural form of lawnmower.
- lay sb low — If a disease or illness lays you low, it makes you weak or ill.
- lead screw — (on a lathe) a rotating horizontal screw for moving the tool carriage along the work at a constant rate.
- legwarmers — Plural form of legwarmer.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
- lenz's law — the principle that the direction of the current induced in a circuit by a changing magnetic field is such that the magnetic field produced by this current will oppose the original field
- lewis acid — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with a base by accepting a pair of electrons from it.
- lewis base — any substance capable of forming a covalent bond with an acid by transferring a pair of electrons to it.
- lewis bolt — an anchor bolt having a conical base around which concrete or lead is poured to hold it.
- lewisville — a town in N Texas.
- light show — a form of entertainment consisting chiefly of constantly changing patterns of light and color, usually accompanied by music and sound effects.
- lightwaves — Plural form of lightwave.