10-letter words containing w
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- round down — express as previous whole number
- row vector — a collection of numbers, as the components of a vector, written horizontally.
- rowanberry — a mountain ash tree
- rowlandson — Thomas, 1756–1827, English caricaturist.
- rubber jaw — a condition in which the mandible becomes demineralized and excessively mobile in animals with advanced renal disease
- rubberwear — clothing made of rubber
- rubblework — masonry built of rubble or roughly dressed stones.
- sacred cow — an individual, organization, institution, etc., considered to be exempt from criticism or questioning.
- salad bowl — a large bowl in which a salad, especially a tossed salad, is served.
- saleswoman — a woman who sells goods, services, etc.
- sallowness — of a sickly, yellowish or lightish brown color: sallow cheeks; a sallow complexion.
- salt water — water containing a large amount of salt.
- sand wedge — a club with a flanged sole and a face angle of more than 50°, used in bunker shots to cut through sand, get under the ball, and lift it clear
- sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
- sandwiched — two or more slices of bread or the like with a layer of meat, fish, cheese, etc., between each pair.
- sappanwood — a dyewood yielding a red color, produced by a small, East Indian tree, Caesalpinia sappan, of the legume family.
- saran wrap — Saran wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- saw doctor — a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
- scale down — a succession or progression of steps or degrees; graduated series: the scale of taxation; the social scale.
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- scapewheel — escape wheel.
- scare away — frighten off sb, sth
- scharwenka — (Ludwig) Philipp [loot-vikh fee-lip] /ˈlut vɪx ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1847–1917, German composer.
- schoolward — towards or in the direction of school
- schoolwork — the material studied in or for school, comprising homework and work done in class.
- schwarzlot — a type of black decoration on German glassware and ceramics that was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries
- schweitzer — Albert, 1875–1965, Alsatian writer, missionary, doctor, and musician in Africa: Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
- schwitters — Kurt [koo rt] /kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1887–1948, German artist.
- score draw — A score draw is the result of a football match in which both teams score at least one goal, and they score the same number of goals.
- scotswoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Scotland; Scot.
- scowlingly — in a scowling manner
- screw axis — a symmetry element of a space group such that a rotation of the lattice about the axis and a translation of the lattice some fraction of the lattice's unit distance brings the lattice back to its original position.
- screw bean — a tree, Prosopis pubescens, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., bearing twisted pods used as fodder.
- screw hook — a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.
- screw jack — jackscrew.
- screw nail — drive screw.
- screw pile — a pile that is used for the foundations of bridges, lighthouses, etc., and has a screwlike lower end for drilling through and taking firm hold in compacted material.
- screw pine — any tropical Asian tree or shrub of the genus Pandanus, having a palmlike or branched stem, long, narrow, rigid, spirally arranged leaves and aerial roots, and bearing an edible fruit.
- screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screwiness — the state or quality of being screwy
- screwplate — a metal plate having threaded holes, used for cutting screw threads by hand.
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- scrollwise — like a scroll, in a way similar to a scroll
- scrollwork — decorative work in which scroll forms figure prominently.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scrubwoman — a woman hired to clean a place; charwoman.
- sea lawyer — a sailor inclined to question or complain about the orders given.
- sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut.