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11-letter words containing s, w

  • curie's law — the principle that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic substance is inversely proportional to its thermodynamic temperature
  • czestochowa — an industrial city in S Poland, on the River Warta: pilgrimage centre. Pop: 293 000 (2005 est)
  • daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
  • darwinistic — the Darwinian theory that species originate by descent, with variation, from parent forms, through the natural selection of those individuals best adapted for the reproductive success of their kind.
  • dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
  • deuces wild — a variety or method of playing certain poker and other games in which a deuce represents any suit or denomination that the holder chooses: We're playing five-card stud, deuces wild.
  • dewar flask — a type of vacuum flask, esp one used in scientific experiments to keep liquid air, helium, etc; Thermos
  • digger wasp — any of numerous solitary wasps of the family Sphecidae, which excavate nests in soil, wood, etc., and provision them with prey paralyzed by stinging.
  • dinnerwares — china, glasses, and silver used for table service.
  • disallowing — Present participle of disallow.
  • disavowable — capable of being disavowed
  • disbowelled — disembowelled
  • disc harrow — a harrow with sharp-edged slightly concave discs mounted on horizontal shafts and used to cut clods or debris on the surface of the soil or to cover seed after planting
  • discrowning — Present participle of discrown.
  • disembowels — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disembowel.
  • disempowers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disempower.
  • disentwined — Simple past tense and past participle of disentwine.
  • disentwines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disentwine.
  • dishwashers — Plural form of dishwasher.
  • dishwashing — the act of washing dishes.
  • disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
  • disk harrow — a harrow having a number of sharp-edged, concave disks set at such an angle that as the harrow is drawn along the ground they turn the soil, pulverize it, and destroy weeds.
  • dockworkers — Plural form of dockworker.
  • dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
  • dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
  • don't knows — people who have not reached a definite opinion on a subject, esp as a response to a questionnaire
  • dorset down — a breed of stocky hornless sheep having a broad head, dark face, and a dense fleece: kept for lamb production
  • doublewides — Plural form of doublewide.
  • dower chest — a Pennsylvania Dutch hope chest bearing the initials of the owner.
  • dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
  • down-easter — a full-rigged ship built in New England in the late 19th century, usually of wood and relatively fast.
  • downloaders — Plural form of downloader.
  • downriggers — Plural form of downrigger.
  • downscaling — Present participle of downscale.
  • downshifted — Simple past tense and past participle of downshift.
  • downstrokes — Plural form of downstroke.
  • dowsing rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • dowsing-rod — Also called dowsing rod [dou-zing] /ˈdaʊ zɪŋ/ (Show IPA). divining rod.
  • draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • draw straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
  • drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
  • drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
  • drive screw — a fastener with a helical thread of coarse pitch that can be driven into wood with a hammer and removed with a screwdriver.
  • dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
  • duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
  • dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
  • dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
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