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12-letter words containing s, w

  • sweet clover — melilot.
  • sweet dreams — sleep well
  • sweet marten — the European pine marten, Martes martes : trapped for its fur and now greatly reduced in number.
  • sweet orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • sweet pepper — a variety of pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, having a mild-flavored, bell-shaped or somewhat oblong fruit.
  • sweet potato — a plant, Ipomoea batatas, of the morning glory family, grown for its sweet, edible, tuberous roots.
  • sweet violet — a plant, Viola odorata, of the violet family, native to the Old World, having fragrant, usually purple flowers that are the source of an oil used in perfumery.
  • sweetishness — the quality of being sweetish
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • swift-footed — swift in running.
  • swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
  • swimming cap — A swimming cap is a rubber cap which you wear to keep your hair dry when you are swimming.
  • swimmingness — tearfulness
  • swine plague — hemorrhagic septicemia of hogs, caused by the bacterium Pasteurella suiseptica, characterized by an accompanying infection of pneumonia.
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • swiss cheese — a firm, pale-yellow cheese made originally in Switzerland, typically made from cow's milk and having many holes.
  • swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
  • swiss muslin — a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures (dotted swiss) used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
  • swiss-french — of or relating to a person from French-speaking Switzerland
  • swiss-german — of or relating to a person from German-speaking Switzerland
  • switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • sword-bearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
  • tapioca snow — snow pellets.
  • telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
  • tennis elbow — irritation of the synovial membrane, or joint rotary area, of the elbow, caused by immoderate motions while playing tennis or other sports; epicondylitis.
  • the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
  • the far west — the area of the United States west of the Great Plains
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the shallows — a shallow place in a body of water
  • the twenties — the years numbered 20–29 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • the whirlies — illness induced by excessive use of alcohol or drugs
  • the wop-wops — the backblocks; the back of beyond
  • this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • time-wasting — causing someone to spend time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit
  • to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
  • to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
  • to know best — If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
  • to lay waste — If something or someone lays waste an area or town or lays waste to it, they completely destroy it.
  • to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
  • torts lawyer — a lawyer who specializes in tort cases
  • tree sparrow — a Eurasian bird, Passer montanus, related to but smaller than the house sparrow.
  • tree swallow — a bluish-green and white swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, of North America, that nests in tree cavities.
  • twenty-first — next after the twentieth; being the ordinal number for 21.
  • twenty-seven — a cardinal number, 20 plus 7.
  • twenty-sixer — a liquor bottle of around 26 ounces (0.750 litre) capacity
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