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11-letter words containing w, a, l, s

  • new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
  • new glasgow — a city in N central Nova Scotia, in E Canada.
  • new orleans — a seaport in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi: British defeated (1815) by Americans under Andrew Jackson.
  • new planets — the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and (formerly) Pluto, only discovered comparatively recently
  • new realism — neorealism.
  • newsdealers — Plural form of newsdealer.
  • nonwashable — Not washable.
  • owl's claws — a perennial plant, Helenium hoopesii, native to W North America, having large yellow flowers.
  • 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.
  • pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
  • 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.
  • rose mallow — any of several plants of the genus Hibiscus, of the mallow family, having rose-colored flowers.
  • safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
  • saltirewise — in the direction or manner of a saltire.
  • satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
  • saul bellow — Saul, 1915–2005, U.S. novelist, born in Canada: Nobel Prize in Literature 1976.
  • scaled-down — reduced in level of activity, extent, numbers, etc
  • scape wheel — escape wheel.
  • schoolwards — in the direction of school
  • schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
  • scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
  • scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
  • screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
  • sea swallow — any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
  • sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
  • seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
  • sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
  • self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
  • shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
  • shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
  • shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
  • silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
  • silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
  • slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
  • slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
  • sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
  • slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
  • small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
  • snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
  • snell's law — the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium.
  • snowballing — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
  • snowblading — the activity or sport of skiing with short skis (snowblades) and no poles
  • social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
  • social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
  • solar power — energy generated by the sun
  • south wales — an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. Includes the capital city, Cardiff, as well as Swansea and Newport. Welsh name: De Cymru
  • southwardly — toward the south
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