11-letter words containing w, s, r
- strawweight — a boxer of the lightest competitive class, especially a boxer weighing up to 104 pounds (47.2 kg).
- streetwards — towards or facing the street
- strike down — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- 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
- swallowwort — celandine (def 1).
- 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 fever — leptospirosis.
- swarm spore — zoospore
- swarthiness — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- swear blind — to assert emphatically
- swearing in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- swearing-in — an official ceremony where a person takes an oath of office, allegiance, etc.
- sweat shirt — a heavy, loose, usually long-sleeved pullover made of cotton jersey, worn as by athletes to absorb sweat during or after exercise, sometimes with loose trousers (sweat pants) of the same material, forming an ensemble (sweat suit)
- sweatercoat — a coat knitted like a bulky sweater.
- sweet birch — a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
- sweet cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- sweet grass — any of several fragrant plants, as manna grass or the sweet flag.
- sweet herbs — sweet-smelling herbs that are grown specifically for cooking
- sweet shrub — Carolina allspice.
- sweet spire — a shrub, Itea virginica, of the eastern and southern U.S., having showy, fragrant, white flowers.
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- swine fever — hog cholera.
- swing voter — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- swingletree — a whiffletree.
- swingometer — a device used in television broadcasting during a general election to indicate the swing of votes from one political party to another
- swipe right — to move a finger from left to right across a touchscreen in order to approve an image
- swiss chard — chard.
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- switch over — If you switch over when you are watching television, you change to another channel.
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- switchboard — a structural unit on which are mounted switches and instruments necessary to complete telephone circuits manually.
- switchgrass — a North American prairie grass
- switzerland — a republic in central Europe. 15,944 sq. mi. (41,294 sq. km). Capital: Bern.
- sword dance — any of various dances, usually performed by men, in which swords are ceremonially flourished or are laid on the ground and danced around.
- sword fight — duel with long-bladed weapons
- sword grass — any of various grasses or plants having swordlike or sharp leaves, as the sword lily.
- sword-point — the point of a sword
- swordbearer — an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.
- swordswoman — a female who uses or is skilled in the use of a sword.
- texas tower — an offshore radar-equipped platform supported by foundations sunk into the floor of the ocean, formerly used as part of a system for warning against air attacks.
- the narrows — strait between Upper & Lower New York Bay, separating Staten Island & Long Island
- the wharves — the working area of a dock
- throw aside — If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it.
- throw shade — to make a public show of contempt
- time waster — If you say that someone or something is a time waster, you mean that they cause you to spend a lot of time doing something that is unnecessary or does not produce any benefit.