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13-letter words containing f, t

  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • walnut family — the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.
  • 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
  • wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
  • water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
  • water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
  • water feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
  • water feature — A water feature is something such as an artificial pond or waterfall, usually in a garden.
  • 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).
  • wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
  • weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
  • weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
  • welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
  • welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
  • well-affected — favourably disposed (towards); steadfast or loyal
  • west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
  • west frisians — See under Frisian Islands.
  • 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.
  • white feather — a symbol of cowardice.
  • white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
  • whitefish bay — a city in SE Wisconsin, N of Milwaukee.
  • wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
  • wife batterer — a man who hits his wife
  • wife's equity — a wife's right to have provision made for her and her children out of her estate, without the aid of a court of equity, if her husband cannot obtain the funds
  • wire transfer — bank-to-bank money transfer
  • wire-transfer — to transmit (money or credit) by wire transfer.
  • 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.
  • x-certificate — a film classification indicating a film that may not be publicly shown to anyone under 18. Since 1982 replaced by symbol 18
  • yuppification — The act or process of yuppifying.
  • zeeman effect — the dividing of a spectral line or lines as a result of placing a radiation source in a magnetic field. The division consists of three equally spaced lines (normal Zeeman effect) in systems for which the spin quantum number is zero, or of three or more unequally spaced lines (anomalous Zeeman effect) in systems for which the spin quantum number is not zero.
  • zincification — the act or process of coating or plating with zinc
  • zip fastening — a fastener in the form of a zip
  • zombification — The act or process of zombifying.
  • zooflagellate — any flagellated protozoan that lacks photosynthetic pigment and feeds on organic matter: often parasitic.
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