11-letter words containing w, s, a
- schoolwards — in the direction of school
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- schwarzkopf — Elisabeth, 1915–2006, German soprano, born in Poland.
- schwarzwald — a wooded mountain region in SW Germany. Highest peak, Feldberg, 4905 feet (1495 meters).
- scotchwoman — Scotswoman.
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratch wig — a short wig, especially one that covers only part of the head.
- scrawlingly — in a scrawling manner
- screen wash — a fluid that is squirted onto a car windscreen to clean it
- screw auger — an auger having a helical outer surface suggesting a screw thread.
- screw plate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- sea swallow — any of several terns, especially Sterna hirundo.
- sealing wax — a resinous preparation, soft when heated, used for sealing letters, documents, etc.
- seam bowler — a fast bowler who makes the ball bounce on its seam so that it will change direction
- sei (whale) — a rorqual (Balaenoptera borealis) with a light-gray or bluish back, found in all seas
- self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sewage farm — a place where sewage is treated, esp for use as manure
- sewage pipe — a pipe used to carry waste matter such as faeces or dirty water from homes and factories
- shade-grown — grown in the shade, especially in artificial shade, as under a cloth.
- shadow mask — a perforated metal sheet mounted close to the phosphor-dotted screen in some colour television tubes. The holes are positioned so that each of the three electron beams strikes the correct phosphor dot producing the required colour mixture in the image
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shadow roll — sheepskin that is placed just below the eyes of a pacing horse in order to prevent it from seeing moving shadows cast by its body.
- shadowgraph — a picture produced by throwing a shadow, as of the hands, on a lighted screen, wall, or the like.
- shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- shanty town — ghetto, slum
- ship of war — warship.
- shirt-waist — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- show around — guide round a new place
- shower head — nozzle of a shower attachment
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- shrink wrap — transparent film for wrapping food
- shrink-wrap — to wrap and seal (a book, a food product, etc.) in a flexible film of plastic that, when exposed to a heating process, shrinks to the contour of the merchandise.
- sidewalking — the practice of shopkeepers standing on the sidewalk outside their shops to attract customers.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- six day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- six-day war — a war fought in June, 1967, between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, in which Israel captured large tracts of Arab territory.
- slack water — a period when a body of water is between tides.
- slack-jawed — having the mouth open, especially as an indication of astonishment, bewilderment, etc.
- sleepwalker — the act or state of walking, eating, or performing other motor acts while asleep, of which one is unaware upon awakening; somnambulism.
- slow-acting — working or acting slowly, not immediately
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- snell's law — the law that, for a ray incident on the interface of two media, the sine of the angle of incidence times the index of refraction of the first medium is equal to the sine of the angle of refraction times the index of refraction of the second medium.
- snow banner — snow being blown off a mountaintop.
- snow cannon — a device used to create and project artificial snow for skiing
- snow chains — device that gives tyres extra grip