10-letter words containing w, d, a
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- shake down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- shake-down — an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
- sharawadgi — a form of Chinese landscape architecture known for its irregular and asymmetrical plantings
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shieldwall — a protective wall formed by interlocking the shields of foot soldiers
- showerhead — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
- smack down — to humble or reprimand (someone who is overstepping bounds)
- smallsword — a light, tapering sword for thrusting, formerly used in fencing or dueling.
- smallworld — (legal) A trademark of Smallworldwide Plc..
- smash down — If you smash down a door, building, or other large heavy object, you hit it hard and break it until it falls on the ground.
- smear word — a slanderous, vilifying epithet.
- snow board — a board serving as a snow guard.
- snowblades — a type of skis, about half the length of normal downhill skis and used without poles
- snowcapped — topped with snow: the snowcapped Alps.
- soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
- solar wind — an emanation from the sun's corona consisting of a flow of charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, that interacts with the magnetic field of the earth and other planetary bodies.
- sound wave — a longitudinal wave in an elastic medium, especially a wave producing an audible sensation.
- southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- speedwalks — power walking.
- splashdown — the landing of a space vehicle in a body of water, especially the ocean.
- stab wound — knife injury
- stand down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- stand-down — Military. a temporary cessation of offensive actions; cease-fire; truce: a stand-down for the Christmas holidays.
- stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- sternwards — towards the stern; astern
- stewardess — a woman flight attendant.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- strawboard — coarse, yellow paperboard made of straw pulp, used in packing, for making boxes, etc.
- streamwood — a city in NE Illinois.
- streetward — towards or in the direction of the street
- swammerdam — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1637–80, Dutch anatomist and entomologist.
- swaybacked — having the back sagged to an unusual degree; having a sway-back.
- swear word — A swear word is a word which is considered to be rude or offensive. Swear words are usually used when people are angry.
- sweep hand — a hand, usually a second hand, centrally mounted with the minute and hour hands of a timepiece and reaching to the edge of the dial.
- sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
- swing band — a band that plays swing jazz
- swipe card — a plastic card with magnetically encoded data that is decoded when passed through a slotted electronic reader, especially for payment or identification purposes.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- sword bean — a twining vine, Canavalia gladiata, of the legume family, found in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, having large, showy, pealike flowers and reddish-brown seeds.
- sword cane — a cane or walking stick having a hollow shaft that serves as a sheath for a sword or dagger.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- swung dash — a mark of punctuation (∼) used in place of a word or part of a word previously spelled out.
- tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
- tanglewood — a town in W Massachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills: a former estate (Tanglewood) in the area is the site of annual summer music festivals.
- tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- tidal wave — (not in technical use) a large, destructive ocean wave, produced by a seaquake, hurricane, or strong wind. Compare tsunami.