10-letter words containing s, w
- limp wrist — a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- lineswoman — a female official, as in tennis, soccer, ice hockey, and football, who assists the referee.
- lineswomen — Plural form of lineswoman.
- liverworts — Plural form of liverwort.
- liverwurst — a sausage made with a large percentage of liver, especially one made with pork liver and pork meat.
- lord knows — You can say 'Lord knows' to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly.
- louseworts — Plural form of lousewort.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- low season — The low season is the time of year when a place receives the fewest visitors, and fares and holiday accommodation are often cheaper.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lower case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lower mast — the lowermost spar of a compound mast, stepped in the hull of a vessel and carrying a topmast and any other upper spars.
- lower-case — an often small or portable container for enclosing something, as for carrying or safekeeping; receptacle: a jewel case.
- lowercased — Printed or written in lowercase letters.
- lusterware — ceramic ware covered with a luster.
- lustreware — Alternative spelling of lusterware.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- malinowski — Bronislaw Kasper [bron-uh-slahf kas-per;; Polish braw-nee-slahf kahs-puh r] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɑf ˈkæs pər;; Polish brɔˈni slɑf ˈkɑs pər/ (Show IPA), 1884–1942, Polish anthropologist in the U.S.
- malus' law — the law stating that the intensity of a beam of plane-polarized light after passing through a rotatable polarizer varies as the square of the cosine of the angle through which the polarizer is rotated from the position that gives maximum intensity.
- markswoman — a woman skilled in shooting at a mark; a woman who shoots well.
- markswomen — Plural form of markswoman.
- marrowfats — Plural form of marrowfat.
- marrowless — Anatomy. a soft, fatty, vascular tissue in the interior cavities of bones that is a major site of blood cell production.
- mars brown — a medium brown color.
- marsh hawk — northern harrier.
- marsh wren — Also called long-billed marsh wren. a North American wren, Cistothorus palustris, that inhabits tall reed beds.
- mason wasp — any of several solitary wasps, as Rygchium dorsale, that construct nests of mud or clay.
- masterwork — masterpiece.
- masterwort — a European plant, Astrantia major, of the parsley family, having pinkish-rose or white flower clusters with purplish bracts beneath.
- mellowness — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
- men's wear — apparel and accessories for men.
- metalworks — Plural form of metalwork.
- microbrews — Plural form of microbrew.
- microwatts — Plural form of microwatt.
- microwaves — an electromagnetic wave of extremely high frequency, 1 GH 3 or more, and having wavelengths of from 1 mm to 30 cm.
- midwestern — Also, Midwestern. Middle Western.
- miles away — If you say that someone is miles away, you mean that they are unaware of what is happening around them because they are thinking about something else.
- milliwatts — Plural form of milliwatt.
- mirrorwise — having the left and right sides reversed
- misknowing — Present participle of misknow.
- miss world — a beauty contest for women in which women from many countries compete to be selected as the most beautiful
- mistflower — a North American composite plant, Eupatorium coelestinum, having heads of blue flowers.
- miswandred — having strayed or become lost or gone off course
- misworship — a form of worship that is wrong
- miswritten — to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe: Write your name on the board.
- miterworts — Plural form of miterwort.
- mollymawks — Plural form of mollymawk.
- moneyworts — Plural form of moneywort.
- mood swing — dramatic changes in emotion
- more-welsh — of or relating to Wales, its people, or their language.