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11-letter words containing s, w

  • swingletree — a whiffletree.
  • swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
  • swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
  • swiss chard — chard.
  • swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
  • swiss lapis — cracked quartz, stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
  • swiss steak — a thick slice of steak dredged in flour and pounded, browned, and braised with tomatoes, onions, and other vegetables.
  • switch cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
  • switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
  • switchblade — a pocketknife, the blade of which is held by a spring and can be released suddenly, as by pressing a button.
  • switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
  • switched on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switched-on — turned-on (def 1).
  • switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
  • switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
  • swivel head — A swivel head is a bearing between the traveling block and the kelly.
  • swivel-eyed — having or displaying extreme or fanatical views
  • swivelblock — a block that supports a swivel
  • swollenness — a past participle of swell.
  • sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
  • sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
  • sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
  • sword-point — the point of a sword
  • swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • swordswoman — a female who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
  • szymanowski — Karol [kah-rawl] /ˈkɑ rɔl/ (Show IPA), 1882?–1937, Polish composer.
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • texas tower — an offshore radar-equipped platform supported by foundations sunk into the floor of the ocean, formerly used as part of a system for warning against air attacks.
  • the gallows — execution by hanging
  • the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
  • the swedish — the people of Sweden collectively
  • the wharves — the working area of a dock
  • the willies — nervousness, jitters, or fright (esp in the phrase give (or get) the willies)
  • the windies — the international cricket team of the West Indies
  • the yahwist — the conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources or strands of tradition of which the Pentateuch is composed and in which God is called Yahweh throughout
  • thistledown — the mature, silky pappus of a thistle.
  • throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
  • throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • tiddlywinks — a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
  • time switch — Electronics
  • time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.
  • tin whistle — A tin whistle is a simple musical instrument in the shape of a metal pipe with holes. You play the tin whistle by blowing into it. Tin whistles make a high sound and are often used in folk music, for example Irish music.
  • tongues wag — If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  • torrens law — any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land
  • townscaping — the act of designing a town
  • townspeople — residents of a town
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