12-letter words containing f, o, r, w
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- rainbow fish — guppy.
- rainbow flag — a multicoloured flag used as a symbol of peace; often used to represent gay and lesbian pride
- rainbow roof — a gable roof in the form of a broad Gothic arch, with gently sloping convex surfaces.
- rate of flow — the rate at which a liquid or other substance flows through a particular channel, pipe etc
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sale of work — a sale of goods and handicrafts made by the members of a club, church congregation, etc, to raise money
- satin-flower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- shift worker — a person who does shiftwork
- sloop of war — (formerly) a sailing or steam naval vessel having cannons on only one deck.
- software bus — A support environment for heterogeneous distributed processing, such as the ANSA Testbench.
- solway firth — an arm of the Irish Sea between SW Scotland and NW England. 38 miles (61 km) long.
- state flower — a flower chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- state of war — a condition marked by armed conflict between or among states, existing whether or not war has been declared formally by any of the belligerents.
- telesoftware — the transmission of computer programs on a teletext system
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- unwished-for — undesired; unwelcome: an unwished-for occurrence.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- wager of law — a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by the oaths of 11 of his neighbours declaring their belief in his statements
- war of words — argument
- waterfowling — the sport of shooting waterfowl
- waterproofed — Having been made waterproof.
- waterproofer — One who, or that which, makes waterproof.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- window frame — structure surrounding a window pane
- wing formula — a numerical representation of the relative lengths of the primary feathers of a bird's wing, used in identifying similar species, as flycatchers.
- wing-forward — either of the two forwards positioned at the outside of a scrum
- with-profits — A with-profits savings scheme or financial plan is one in which the people who put money into the scheme receive extra money each year based on how successful the investment has been.
- wolf herring — a voracious clupeoid fish, Chirocentrus dorab, inhabiting the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.
- wolf-ferrari — Ermanno [er-mahn-naw] /ɛrˈmɑn nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1948, Italian composer.
- woman friend — a female friend
- woodruff key — a key having the form of a nearly semicircular disk fitting into a recess in a shaft.
- word-perfect — correct in every detail
- work surface — A work surface is a flat surface, usually in a kitchen, which is easy to clean and on which you can do things such as prepare food.
- world's fair — a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.
- world-famous — famous throughout the world: a world-famous film.
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- worst of all — You say worst of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the most unpleasant or has the most disadvantages out of all the things you are mentioning.
- wrongfulness — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- yellow fever — an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, especially Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.