10-letter words that end in w
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
- 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.
- scroll saw — a narrow saw mounted vertically in a frame and operated with an up-and-down motion, used for cutting curved ornamental designs.
- second row — the forwards in the second row of a scrum
- shield law — a law protecting journalists from forced disclosure of confidential sources of information.
- shopwindow — a window used for display of merchandise.
- simple vow — a public vow taken by a religious, under which property may be retained and marriage, though held to be illicit, is valid under canon law.
- slide show — a presentation of photographic slides, or images on a transparent base, placed in a projector and viewed sequentially on a screen.
- solemn vow — a perpetual, irrevocable public vow taken by a religious, in which property may not be owned by the individual, and marriage is held invalid under canon law.
- son-in-law — the husband of one's daughter.
- square-law — of or relating to an electronic circuit or device that produces an output voltage proportional to the square of its input voltage over the range of input voltages for which it is designed to function: square-law detector.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- strip show — a form of entertainment in which one or more people take off their clothes in a titillating and erotic manner, often to music
- sunset law — a statute that includes provision for automatic termination of a government program, agency, etc., at the end of a specified time period unless it is reauthorized by the legislature.
- take a bow — to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- trade show — show (def 22).
- tree shrew — any of several insectivorous, arboreal mammals of the family Tupaiidae, of southern Asia and adjacent islands, resembling a squirrel and having a long snout.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- twin-screw — (of a vessel) having two screw propellers, which usually revolve in opposite directions.
- underthrow — to throw a ball or other object short of (the intended receiver or target)
- wappenshaw — a periodic muster or review of troops or persons under arms, formerly held in certain districts of Scotland to satisfy military chiefs that their men were properly armed and faithful to the local lord or chieftain.
- wood screw — any of various screws that have a slotted head and a gimlet point that permit them to be driven into wood with a screwdriver.
- workfellow — One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
- world view — outlook, mindset
- world-view — Weltanschauung.
- yokefellow — an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.