| sweetheart contract |
an official agreement secretly negotiated between an employer and union leaders containing terms beneficial to management and detrimental to union members; sweetheart deal; sweetheart agreement. |
| sweetie |
(informal) sweetheart. |
| sweetish |
tending to be sweet; somewhat sweet. |
| sweet marjoram |
an annual herb with aromatic leaves that are often dried and used in cooking. |
| sweetmeat |
a highly sweetened food such as candy, candied fruits, or the like. |
| sweet nothings |
(informal) whispered, often nonsense words or phrases of affection, such as those exchanged by lovers. |
| sweet pea |
a climbing plant that is related to the pea and that bears fragrant, variously colored, butterfly-shaped flowers. |
| sweet pepper |
a type of red pepper plant that bears a large, mild, bell-shaped fruit; capsicum. [2 definitions] |
| sweet potato |
a tropical vine, native to parts of America, that bears purple flowers and has an edible orange root. [2 definitions] |
| sweet roll |
a round, sweetened bread made from rolled dough, served as a single portion, and eaten generally as a breakfast food. Sweet rolls may contain cinnamon, raisins, nuts, or other flavorings and may be topped with icing. |
| sweet-talk |
(informal) to use flattery or beguiling words in order to persuade; cajole. |
| sweet tooth |
(informal) a liking or craving for candy, cookies, or other foods with a high sugar content. |
| sweet william |
a perennial plant, related to the pinks, that bears flat, thick clusters of variously colored flowers. |
| swell |
to increase in volume by inflation, absorption, internal pressure, growth, or the like; expand; distend. [19 definitions] |
| swelled head |
(informal) an extremely high opinion of oneself; conceit; vanity. |
| swelling |
the act or condition of something that is swelling or swollen. [2 definitions] |
| swelter |
to be afflicted by oppressive heat. [2 definitions] |
| sweltering |
of weather, overly hot or humid; sultry. [2 definitions] |
| swept |
past tense and past participle of sweep. |
| sweptback |
of an airplane wing, having a sharply backward slant. |
| sweptwing |
of an airplane, having sweptback wings. |