9-letter words containing w, e, n, s
- rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- scaledown — a reduction in size, quantity, or activity according to a fixed scale or proportion: a scaledown of military expenditures.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- screw nut — a nut threaded to receive a screw.
- screwbean — a small tree or shrub of the south-western United States that has edible pods
- seldshown — seldom shown
- self-sown — sown by itself, or without human or animal agency, as of a plant grown from seeds dropped from another plant.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- send away — dismiss
- send down — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- shakedown — extortion, as by blackmail or threats of violence.
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
- showmance — a romance between two stars that only lasts for the run of the show
- sine wave — a periodic oscillation, as simple harmonic motion, having the same geometric representation as a sine function.
- skewering — a long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
- skunkweed — any of various plants having an unpleasant odor, as the skunk cabbage.
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- slow lane — On a motorway or freeway, the slow lane is the lane for vehicles which are moving more slowly than the other vehicles.
- slow oven — an oven heated to a relatively low temperature, for slow, or gradual, cooking
- snakeweed — bistort (def 1).
- snakewise — in a snake-like manner
- snakewood — the heavy, dark-red wood of a South American tree, Piratinera guianensis, used for decorative veneers, musical instrument bows, etc.
- snow cone — a paper cup with shaved or crushed ice over which flavored syrup has been poured.
- snow hole — a shelter dug in deep usually drifted snow
- snow line — the line, as on mountains, above which there is perpetual snow.
- snow pear — a small tree, Pyrus nivalis, of eastern Europe and Asia Minor, having showy flowers and nearly globe-shaped fruit.
- snow tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snow tyre — a motor vehicle tyre with deep treads and ridges to give improved grip on snow and ice
- snow-shoe — a contrivance that may be attached to the foot to enable the wearer to walk on deep snow without sinking, especially a light, racket-shaped frame across which is stretched a network of rawhide.
- snow-tire — an automobile tire with a deep tread or protruding studs to give increased traction on snow or ice.
- snowberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos albus, of the honeysuckle family, cultivated for its ornamental white berries.
- snowblade — one of a pair of short skis used without poles
- snowclone — a verbal formula that is adapted for reuse by changing only a few words so that the allusion to the original phrase remains clear
- snowcreep — a continuous, slow, downhill movement of snow.
- snowed in — If you are snowed in, you cannot go anywhere because of heavy snow.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snowglobe — a transparent sphere filled with water and white particles which, when shaken, resemble snow falling
- snowmaker — a machine that makes artificial snow for ski slopes.
- snowscape — landscape covered with snow.
- snowslide — an avalanche consisting largely or entirely of snow.
- sosnowiec — a city in S Poland.
- spelldown — a spelling competition that begins with all the contestants standing and that ends when all but one, the winner, have been required to sit down due to a specified number of misspellings.
- spewiness — the condition of being boggy or poorly drained
- spin wave — a magnetic wave propagated through a crystal lattice by a collective excitation of the spin angular momentum of electrons.
- split-new — brand-new
- spot news — the latest news, reported immediately.