13-letter words containing f, o, r, w

french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
function word — a word, as a preposition, article, auxiliary, or pronoun, that chiefly expresses grammatical relationships, has little semantic content of its own, and belongs to a small, closed class of words whose membership is relatively fixed (distinguished from content word).
gallows frame — headframe.
growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
head of water — a quantity of water
henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
honors of war — special privileges granted to a defeated army, as that of continuing to bear arms
if i were you — You say 'if I were you' to someone when you are giving them advice.
jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it
low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
of many words — talkative
of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
office worker — employee in an office
out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
overflow flag — overflow bit
overflow pipe — a pipe which discharges excess or leaking water safely
overflowingly — to an excessive degree
owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
power failure — electricity outage
power forward — a forward valued chiefly for aggressive rebounding capability, rather than scoring, and thus a big, physically strong player.
power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
relief worker — a person who works for a charity providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
safflower oil — an oil expressed or extracted fromsafflower seeds, used in cooking, as a salad oil, and as a vehicle for medicines, paints, varnishes, etc.
sawtooth roof — a roof composed of a series of small parallel roofs of triangular cross section, usually asymmetrical with the shorter slope glazed.
screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
send away for — order by post
shy away from — If you shy away from doing something, you avoid doing it, often because you are afraid or not confident enough.
small forward — a versatile attacking player
spider flower — cleome
stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
superpowerful — extremely powerful
tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation

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