13-letter words containing f, o, t, w
- 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.
- sawtooth roof — a roof composed of a series of small parallel roofs of triangular cross section, usually asymmetrical with the shorter slope glazed.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- 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
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- two-four time — music: time signature of 2/4
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
- water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
- water-proofed — impervious to water.
- waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
- waterproofing — Chiefly British. a raincoat or other outer coat impervious to water.
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.
- weatherproofs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of weatherproof.
- webfoot state — Oregon (used as a nickname).
- welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
- west hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
- what about/of — You use what about or what of when you introduce a new topic or a point which seems relevant to a previous remark.
- wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
- woodcraftsman — a person who is skilled in woodcraft.
- word of mouth — informal oral communication: The rumor spread rapidly by word of mouth.
- work function — Physics. the least energy necessary to free an electron from a metal surface.
- working stiff — A working stiff is a person who has an ordinary job that is not well-paid.
- woulfe bottle — a bottle with more than one neck, used for passing gases through liquids
- writ of error — a writ issued by an appellate court to the court of record where a case was tried, requiring that the record of the trial be sent to the appellate court for examination of alleged errors.
- writ of right — English Law. a writ directed to a person who presided over a feudal court, directing him to render justice between his vassals in a dispute as to ownership of land: usually led to a trial in a royal court if feudal ownership was involved.