11-letter words containing f, o, w, e, r
- forwardness — overreadiness to push oneself forward; lack of appropriate modesty; presumption; boldness.
- fowler flap — a flap normally forming a part of the trailing edge of an airplane wing, capable of being moved backward and rotated downward in order to increase lift through increased camber and wing area.
- framework 4 — A European Union funding programme, the information technology portion of which replaced ESPRIT.
- frankenword — (neologism) A word formed by combining two (or more) other words; a portmanteau.
- frenchwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of the French nation.
- friendswood — a city in SE Texas.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- interflowed — Simple past tense and past participle of interflow.
- life's work — Someone's life's work or life work is the main activity that they have been involved in during their life, or their most important achievement.
- low profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- low-profile — a deliberately inconspicuous, modest, or anonymous manner.
- mildewproof — able to withstand or repel the effect of mildew.
- moonflowers — Plural form of moonflower.
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.
- new bedford — a seaport in SE Massachusetts: formerly a chief whaling port.
- new flavors — An object-oriented Lisp from Symbolics, the successor to Flavors, it led to CLOS.
- new milford — a town in W Connecticut.
- new-for-old — (of insurance) issued on the principle that claims will be based on the cost of replacing old damaged, destroyed, or lost items with brand new items
- office work — work normally carried out in an office, for example clerical or administrative work for an organization
- overflowing — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- overforward — too familiar
- powder flag — red flag (def 4).
- powder puff — fluffy pad for applying powder
- powder-puff — limited to participation by women or girls: She plays on the powder-puff touch football team.
- reflowering — an occurrence of flowering again
- relief work — the work carried out by charities providing aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- rock flower — any shrub of the genus Crossosoma, native to the arid regions of the southwestern U.S., having thick, narrow leaves and solitary flowers.
- rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
- safe-blower — a person who uses explosives to open safes and rob them
- satinflower — a Californian plant, Clarkia amoena, of the evening primrose family, having cup-shaped pink or purplish flowers blotched with red.
- set forward — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shellflower — an eastern Asian plant, Alpinia zerumbet, of the ginger family, having pendulous clusters of fragrant white flowers with variegated markings.
- showerproof — (of clothing, fabric, etc.) treated so as to resist rain; rainproof.
- snailflower — a tropical vine, Vigna caracalla, of the legume family, having fragrant, yellowish or purplish flowers, a segment of which is shaped like a snail's shell.
- soft sawder — flattery; compliments
- software ag — (company) A German software engineering company that started with the ADABAS database. Natural is their 4GL development environment, EntireX is their DCOM for Unix and IBM. BOLERO, is an object-oriented development environment and application server specially made for Electronic Business applications. Mailing-list: <[email protected]>.
- strawflower — any of several everlasting flowers, especially an Australian composite plant, Helichrysum bracteatum, having heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red, or white flowers.
- swell front — a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.
- timber wolf — the gray wolf, Canis lupus, sometimes designated as the subspecies C. lupus occidentalis: formerly common in northern North America but now greatly reduced in number and rare in the conterminous U.S.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.