12-letter words containing w, e, t, s
- pester power — the ability possessed by a child to nag a parent relentlessly until the parent succumbs and agrees to the child's request
- picture show — motion picture.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- post-weaning — to accustom (a child or young animal) to food other than its mother's milk; cause to lose the need to suckle or turn to the mother for food.
- postcardware — Shareware that borders on freeware, in that the author requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town or something. (This practice, silly as it might seem, serves to remind users that they are otherwise getting something for nothing, and may also be psychologically related to real estate "sales" in which $1 changes hands just to keep the transaction from being a gift.)
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- power assist — a procedure for supplementing or replacing the manual effort needed to operate a device or system, often by hydraulic, electrical, or mechanical means.
- power-stream — to stream and watch (multiple videos, episodes of a TV show, etc.) in one sitting or over a short period of time.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- presweetened — already sweetened
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- 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.
- 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.
- rostenkowski — Dan(iel) 1928–2010, U.S. politician: congressman 1959–94.
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- saskatchewan — a province in W Canada. 251,700 sq. mi. (651,900 sq. km). Capital: Regina.
- 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.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
- screw thread — Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- sea lungwort — a plant, Mertensia maritima, of the borage family, growing on northern seacoasts and having leaves with an oysterlike flavor.
- sea milkwort — a maritime plant, Glaux maritima, having small, pinkish-white flowers.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- semantic web — an extension of the World Wide Web in which data is structured and XML-tagged on the basis of its meaning or content, so that computers can process and integrate the information without human intervention: the semantic Web acting as a global database or huge brain.
- sepak takraw — a game originating in South Asia in which two teams kick a ball back and forth over a net
- sergei witte — Sergei Yulievich [sur-gey yool-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey yoo-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ ˈyul yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ˈyu lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1915, Russian statesman.
- sewing table — a worktable for holding sewing materials, often supplied with a bag or pouch for needlework.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- short-winded — short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.
- show stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- show the way — guide
- show-stopper — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
- shower stall — an individual compartment or self-contained unit, having a single shower and accommodating one person.
- shut-in well — confined to one's home, a hospital, etc., as from illness.
- siamese twin — (not in technical use) conjoined twin.
- signal tower — a tower from which railway signals are controlled or displayed
- sinisterwise — in a leftwards direction
- skeeter hawk — mosquito hawk.