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12-letter words containing s, w

  • power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
  • power shower — a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
  • power supply — power supply unit
  • power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
  • powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • prayer shawl — a tallith.
  • presweetened — already sweetened
  • prose writer — a person who writes prose
  • public works — government-funded construction
  • punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • pussy willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
  • pussy-willow — a small willow, Salix discolor, of eastern North America, having silky catkins.
  • queen's ware — a hard, cream-colored earthenware, perfected c1765 by Wedgwood.
  • rainbow fish — guppy.
  • randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
  • raoult's law — the principle that the fraction by which the vapor pressure of a solvent is lowered by the addition of a nonvolatile, nonelectrolytic solute is equal to the mole fraction of the solute in the solution.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • reisterstown — a city in N Maryland.
  • renfrewshire — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • renownedness — celebrated; famous.
  • road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
  • rolling news — current affairs: continuous
  • roots blower — a machine for compressing or evacuating air or gas by the rotation of a meshing pair of lobed wheels in a closely fitting case.
  • rosewood oil — a fragrant oil extracted from the wood of a South American tree, Aniba rosaeodora, and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
  • rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • runaway star — a star with an unusually high proper motion, believed to result from its ejection from a nearby binary system when its companion star underwent a supernova explosion.
  • sage sparrow — a small gray finch, Amphispiza belli, of dry, brushy areas of western North America.
  • sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
  • sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
  • sandwich man — a person with advertising boards hung from the shoulders.
  • saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
  • satin walnut — the brown heartwood of the sweet gum tree, used for furniture, fittings, and panelling
  • satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • satsuma ware — a Japanese pottery from Kyushu, first produced in the early 17th century and after 1800 having a crackle glaze and overglaze polychrome enameling and gilding.
  • saw palmetto — a shrublike palmetto, Serenoa repens, of the palm family, native to the southern U.S., having green or blue leafstalks set with spiny teeth.
  • saw-whet owl — a very small North American owl, Aegolius acadicus, having streaked, brown plumage and lacking ear tufts.
  • say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
  • scapegallows — a criminal who escapes death by hanging or the gallows
  • school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
  • schoolfellow — a schoolmate.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • scram switch — (jargon)   (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
  • screen-wiper — windshield wiper.
  • screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
  • scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
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