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19-letter words containing f, a, r, w, e

  • taming of the shrew — a comedy (1594?) by Shakespeare.
  • the grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • throw oneself at sb — If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you.
  • under the shadow of — in danger of; apparently fated for
  • war of independence — American Revolution.
  • white-water rafting — White-water rafting is the activity of riding on a raft over rough, dangerous parts of a fast-flowing river.
  • whorfian hypothesis — Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
  • without further ado — If you do something without further ado or without more ado, you do it at once and do not discuss or delay it any longer.
  • won't have a bar of — cannot tolerate; dislike
  • world day of prayer — the first Friday in Lent, during which Christians belonging to ecumenical communions pray for foreign missions.
  • yellowtail flounder — a righteyed flounder, Limanda ferruginea, inhabiting waters along the Atlantic coast of North America, having a yellowish tail fin and rusty-red spots on the body: once commercially important, now greatly reduced in number.
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