16-letter words containing e, f, o
- utility software — system software that manages and optimizes the performance of hardware
- velcro fastening — a fastening made of Velcro
- video-conference — A video-conference is a meeting that takes place using video conferencing.
- voice of america — the division of the United States Information Agency that broadcasts daily programs of news and entertainment throughout the world. Abbreviation: VOA, V.O.A.
- war of secession — American Civil War.
- way of all flesh — a novel (1903) by Samuel Butler.
- way of the cross — stations of the cross.
- way of the world — a comedy of manners (1700) by William Congreve.
- weather forecast — meteorological prediction
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
- wide of the mark — If something such as a claim or estimate is wide of the mark, it is incorrect or inaccurate.
- windsor, duke of — (since 1917) a member of the present British royal family. Compare Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (def 1).
- wipe off the map — to put out of existence
- within an ace of — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- wolfenden report — a study produced in 1957 by the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Britain, which recommended that homosexual relations between consenting adults be legalized
- woman of letters — a woman engaged in literary pursuits, especially a professional writer.
- women's suffrage — right of adult females to vote
- world federalism — federalism on a worldwide level.
- world federalist — a promoter or supporter of world federalism.
- worth the effort — If you say that something is worth the effort, you mean that it will justify the energy that you have spent or will spend on it.
- writ of election — a writ by an executive authority requiring the holding of an election, especially one issued by a governor to require a special election for filling a vacancy in the representation from a state.
- writ of subpoena — a legal document commanding the attendance in court, as a witness, of the person on whom it is served, under a penalty
- yellowfin (tuna) — a tuna (Thunnus albacares) with yellow fins and a yellow stripe on each side, important as a game and food fish and found worldwide in warm seas
- your better half — If you talk about your better half or your other half you mean your wife, your husband, or the person of the opposite sex that you live with.
- zone of interior — the part of a theater of war not included in the theater of operations.
- zone of leaching — A horizon.