9-letter words containing w, i, s, e
- overswing — to swing too hard, hoping to apply more power.
- ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- penis war — (jargon, abuse) (Or "Dick Size War", "DSW") Any argument which has degenerated into quantitative boasting of the sort "My [program|bot|etc.] is [faster|meaner|etc.] than yours!". Generally as unconstructive (and with as little emphasis on empirical proof) as men debating who has the biggest penis. The term is often used on IRC, news:alt.sysadmin.recovery, and sometimes applied to IRC botwars, because of their equally pointless nature.
- piecewise — denoting that a function has a specified property, as smoothness or continuity, on each of a finite number of pieces into which its domain is divided: a piecewise continuous function; a piecewise differentiable curve.
- pointwise — occurring at each point of a given set: pointwise convergence.
- pousowdie — any dish containing a number of different ingredients; in particular, a Scottish stew made from sheep's head
- prestwich — a town in NW England, in Bury unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 31 693 (2001)
- prestwick — international airport in W Scotland.
- rainswept — (of a place) open to or characterized by frequent heavy rain
- rosé wine — alcoholic drink: pink wine
- rosinweed — any coarse, North American, composite plant of the genus Silphium, having a resinous juice and stalkless, paired leaves.
- rowdiness — a rough, disorderly person.
- sabrewing — a large hummingbird of the genus Campylopterous, with long curved wings
- sawtimber — trees suitable for sawing into planks, boards, etc.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- schleswig — a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic.
- schwinger — Julian Seymour, 1918–94, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1965.
- sei whale — a rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number.
- self-will — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semisweet — somewhat sweet; containing a small amount of sweetening: a semisweet cookie; semisweet chocolate.
- semivowel — Phonetics. a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (y) in yet.
- semiworks — a manufacturing plant equipped to develop and manufacture a new product in small quantities prior to full-scale manufacture
- set width — (in automatic typesetting) the width measured by the lowercase alphabet of a particular size and font of type.
- sewerlike — resembling a sewer
- shipowner — a person who owns a ship or ships.
- shipwreck — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
- shoreview — a town in E Minnesota.
- showiness — the property or characteristic of being showy.
- showpiece — something that is displayed or exhibited.
- shrewlike — a woman of violent temper and speech; termagant.
- side view — lateral aspect, sth seen from sideways on
- side with — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sideswipe — to strike with a sweeping stroke or blow along the side; strike a glancing blow obliquely.
- sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- sidewards — towards one side
- sidewheel — either of a pair of paddle wheels on the sides of a vessel.
- sillyweed — marijuana.
- 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.
- skewwhiff — not straight; askew
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slideshow — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- slinkweed — a plant believed to make a cow give birth prematurely
- slopewise — in a sloping manner
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- slow time — standard time.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- smethwick — a city in West Midlands, in central England, near Birmingham.