14-letter words containing f, o, r, w
- water fountain — a drinking fountain, water cooler, or other apparatus supplying drinking water.
- water softener — any of a group of substances that when added to water containing calcium and magnesium ions cause the ions to precipitate or change their usual properties: used in the purification of water for the laboratory, and for giving water more efficient sudsing ability with soap.
- waterproofness — The property of being waterproof.
- weatherproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of weatherproof.
- weatherproofer — a worker who weatherproofs houses and other buildings.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- welfare mother — the mother of dependent children who receives government welfare benefits.
- welfare worker — sb who does social or community work
- well-confirmed — made certain as to truth, accuracy, validity, availability, etc.: confirmed reports of new fighting at the front; confirmed reservations on the three o'clock flight to Denver.
- well-fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- well-performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- what manner of — You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind.
- wind deflector — an accessory that can be fitted to parts of a vehicle that are often open when driving, such as windows and sunroofs, to prevent the driver and passengers being buffeted by wind as well as reducing noise and keeping out flying debris
- wollstonecraft — Mary (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin) 1759–97, English author and feminist (mother of Mary Shelley).
- woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
- women's refuge — a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors
- word formation — the formation of words, for example by adding prefixes or suffixes to roots
- word of honour — a promise; oath
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
- wriggle out of — evade: a duty
- writ of extent — extent (def 4a).
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.