11-letter words containing s, w
- over-sewing — to sew with stitches passing successively over an edge, especially closely, so as to cover the edge or make a firm seam.
- oversweeten — to sweeten too much
- overswollen — too swollen
- overwrestle — to overpower by wrestling
- owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
- oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
- oyster stew — a stew containing oysters
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- palsy-walsy — friendly or appearing to be friendly in a very intimate or hearty way: The police kept their eye on him because he was trying to get palsy-walsy with the security guard.
- passagework — writing that is often extraneous to the thematic material of a work and is typically of a virtuosic or decorative character: passagework consisting of scales, arpeggios, trills, and double octaves.
- passed pawn — a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file.
- personpower — the power or influence of a person
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pillow slip — A pillow slip is the same as a pillowcase.
- pistol-whip — to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
- plantswoman — a nurserywoman.
- plasterwork — finish or ornamental work done in plaster.
- plasticware — knives, forks, spoons, cups, etc., made of plastic: a picnic hamper with plasticware for six.
- postweaning — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following weaning
- potter wasp — any of several mason wasps, especially of the genus Eumenes, that construct a juglike nest of mud.
- powder snow — powder1 (def 3).
- power press — a press operated by a mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.
- power surge — an unexpected, temporary increase in the current or voltage of an electrical circuit
- pro-western — lying toward or situated in the west: our company's western office.
- 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.
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- rain shadow — a region in the lee of mountains that receives less rainfall than the region windward of the mountains.
- rain shower — a brief rainfall, usually of variable intensity.
- ratings war — a situation in which each of two or more channels makes a particular effort to attract more viewers or listeners than its rival
- rawoop-snap — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- reason with — If you try to reason with someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
- red seaweed — any marine red alga, especially one of the genus Polysiphonia, having a reddish, much branched thallus.
- renewedness — the quality or state of being renewed or having been renewed
- resort town — a holiday town
- rose grower — a person who grows rose plants
- rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- rose window — a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- sacred writ — Scripture.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- saginaw bay — an arm of Lake Huron, off the E coast of Michigan. 60 miles (97 km) long.
- saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
- samian ware — a red-glazed terracotta pottery produced in Gaul and the Moselle Valley a.d. 100–300 and copied from Arretine ware.
- sandwiching — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sash weight — a counterweight to a vertically sliding window sash.
- sash window — A sash window is a window which consists of two frames placed one above the other. The window can be opened by sliding one frame over the other.
- satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.