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10-letter words containing w, e, t, s

  • sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweathouse — (especially among North American Indians) a special building used for cleansing and purifying one's body by sweating, in which heated water is poured over heated stones to produce steam.
  • sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • sweatshirt — a loose, long-sleeved, collarless pullover of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, with close-fitting or elastic cuffs and sometimes a drawstring at the waist, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
  • sweet corn — any of several varieties of corn, especially Zea mays rugosa, the grain or kernels of which are sweet and suitable for eating.
  • sweet fern — a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae
  • sweet flag — an aroid marsh plant, Acorus calamus, having swordlike leaves, small greenish flowers, and aromatic roots
  • sweet gale — a shrub, Myrica gale, of northern swamp regions, having yellow catkin-like flowers and aromatic leaves: family Myricaceae
  • sweet roll — a roll made of sweet dough, often containing spices, raisins, nuts, candied fruit, etc., and sometimes iced on top.
  • sweet shop — a store that sells candy.
  • sweet spot — Sports. the spot on a club, racket, bat, etc., where a ball is most effectively hit.
  • sweet talk — cajolery, persuasion by flattery
  • sweet-shop — a store that sells candy.
  • sweet-talk — to use cajoling words.
  • sweetbread — Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  • sweetbrier — a rose, Rosa eglanteria, of Europe and central Asia, having a tall stem, stout, hooked prickles often mixed with bristles, and single, pink flowers.
  • sweetening — something that sweetens food, beverages, etc., as sugar, saccharine, etc.
  • sweetheart — either of a pair of lovers in relation to the other.
  • sweetishly — in a sweetish manner
  • sweetmeats — a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
  • sweetwater — a city in NW Texas.
  • sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
  • swinestone — a type of limestone that emits an unpleasant odour when rubbed or struck
  • swing vote — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
  • swinnerton — Frank (Arthur) 1884–1982, English novelist and critic.
  • swipe left — to move a finger from right to left across a touchscreen in order to dismiss an image
  • switchable — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
  • switchgear — switching equipment used in an electric power station.
  • switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
  • swiveltree — swingletree.
  • sword belt — a military belt from which a sword may be hung.
  • tandemwise — in the manner of a tandem
  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • tewkesbury — a town in N Gloucestershire, in W England: final defeat of the Lancastrians in the Wars of the Roses 1471.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • tinseltown — Hollywood, California, as a center of the movie industry.
  • tom sawyer — (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)a novel (1876) by Mark Twain.
  • town house — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
  • townsville — a seaport on the E coast of Queensland, in E Australia.
  • trade show — show (def 22).
  • tree shrew — any of several insectivorous, arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae, of southern Asia and adjacent islands, resembling a squirrel and having a long snout.
  • tweedsmuirBaron, Buchan, John.
  • twenty-six — a cardinal number, 20 plus 6.
  • twin peaks — a mountain in central Idaho: highest peak in the Salmon River Mountains. 10,340 feet (3154 meters).
  • twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
  • two oceans — an annual road marathon run in Cape Town, South Africa
  • two rivers — a city in E Wisconsin.
  • two shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
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