10-letter words containing w, i, s, e
- semmelweis — Ignaz Philipp [ig-nahts fee-lip] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1818–65, Hungarian obstetrician.
- sewability — the ability to be sewn or stitched
- sewer pill — a ribbed wooden ball for scraping the walls of a sewer through which it floats.
- sewing bee — a small informal social gathering (usually of women) based around the activity of making or mending clothes or other things with a needle and thread
- sewing kit — A sewing kit is a small package containing items, such as needles and thread, that you need to sew something.
- shadowlike — a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
- 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
- side-swipe — to strike with a sweeping stroke or blow along the side; strike a glancing blow obliquely.
- side-wheel — having a paddle wheel on each side, as a steamboat.
- sidewinder — a severe swinging blow from the side.
- siegeworks — constructions built by a besieging force
- silkgrower — a person who breeds silkworms for their silk
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- sinewiness — having strong sinews: a sinewy back.
- skew field — a ring in which the equations ax = b and xa = b have solutions for x.
- skew lines — two or more lines that lie in different planes, are not parallel, and do not intersect
- skywritten — created by the process of skywriting
- sleep with — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- smile away — to drive away or get rid of by a smile or smiling
- snow devil — a whirling column of snow
- snow-white — white as snow.
- snowmobile — Also called skimobile, snowcat. a motor vehicle with a revolving tread in the rear and steerable skis in the front, for traveling over snow.
- songwriter — a person who writes the words or music, or both, for popular songs.
- spider web — the web that is spun by a spider, made of interlaced threads of viscous fluid that harden on exposure to air.
- spiderwork — a thing which has the appearance of a spider's web
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- squarewise — in a square position or shape
- stage wait — an unintentional pause during a performance, usually caused by a performer's or stagehand's missing a cue.
- state-wide — extending throughout all parts of a state in the U.S.: a statewide search.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- still wine — any nonsparkling table wine.
- stillwater — a city in N Oklahoma.
- stolenwise — in a stealthy or secretive manner
- straw wine — a usually rich or sweet wine produced from grapes partially dried on the vine or picked and dried in the sun on a bed of straw or reeds.
- streetwise — street-smart.
- supertwist — the effect of twisting light rays to produce a high-resolution liquid crystal display
- swaggering — pertaining to, characteristic of, or behaving in the manner of a person who swaggers.
- sweat suit — a set of garments consisting of sweatpants and a sweatshirt.
- 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.
- 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.
- sweetishly — in a sweetish manner
- sweltering — suffering oppressive heat.
- swimfeeder — a device containing bait, attached to the line to ensure the gradual baiting of the swim from under the surface