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11-letter words containing w, p

  • spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
  • split wings — wings (of an artificial fly) that are dressed cocked up and separated into a V shape
  • spoken word — The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music.
  • spokeswoman — a woman who speaks for another person or for a group.
  • sponge down — to wipe clean with a damp sponge or cloth
  • sportswoman — a woman who engages in sports.
  • spotted owl — a dark-brown owl (Strix occidentalis, family Strigidae) with scattered white spots and dark eyes, sometimes seen in the forests of W North America: it is an endangered species
  • spring snow — corn snow.
  • springwater — water from a spring
  • steppenwolf — a novel (1927) by Hermann Hesse.
  • stewardship — the position and duties of a steward, a person who acts as the surrogate of another or others, especially by managing property, financial affairs, an estate, etc.
  • stock power — a power of attorney permitting a person other than the owner of stock in a corporation to transfer the title of ownership to a third party.
  • sulphurwort — an umbelliferous perennial plant, Peucedanum officinale, of which the roots produce a smell like that of sulphur
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • supergrowth — exceptional growth; very rapid growth
  • superlawyer — an extremely successful lawyer
  • superpowers — an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.
  • superweapon — an extremely powerful weapon
  • swamp barge — A swamp barge is a vessel used for offshore drilling in very shallow water, which is towed out and then rests on the bottom.
  • swamp blues — a style of slow blues originating in Louisiana
  • swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
  • swamp fever — leptospirosis.
  • swamp maple — red maple.
  • swan-upping — the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification.
  • swarm spore — zoospore
  • swash plate — an inclined circular plate on a rotating shaft for transferring force and motion to or from parts reciprocating in a direction parallel to the axis of shaft rotation.
  • sweat pants — 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.
  • sweep check — a maneuver for depriving an opponent of the puck by seizing it in the crook of one's stick and pulling it away with a movement in a long arc, the stick being held level or nearly level with the ice. Compare check1 (def 37).
  • sweepstakes — a sweepstakes.
  • sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
  • sweetie pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
  • sweetie-pie — sweetheart (used especially as a term of endearment).
  • swing space — a temporary working environment, used esp while renovations are being carried out
  • swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
  • swiss lapis — cracked quartz, stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
  • switch plug — a plug, as for an electric iron, equipped with an on-off switch.
  • sword-point — the point of a sword
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • tawny pipit — a small sandy-brown European bird, Anthus campestris, of the wagtail family; an irregular migrant to some parts of Britain
  • tidal power — the use of the rise and fall of tides involving very large volumes of water at low heads to generate electric power
  • tiger prawn — a large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • townscaping — the act of designing a town
  • townspeople — residents of a town
  • trip switch — an electric switch arranged to interrupt a circuit suddenly and disconnect power from a running machine so that the machine is stopped
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • trumpetweed — any of various eupatorium plants, esp joe-pye weed
  • twelve step — of or based on a program for recovery from addiction originating with Alcoholics Anonymous and providing 12 progressive levels toward attainment.
  • twelve-step — of or based on a program for recovery from addiction originating with Alcoholics Anonymous and providing 12 progressive levels toward attainment.
  • two a penny — Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.
  • two-pointer — a shot from inside or on the three point line, worth two points if it is made
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