10-letter words containing f, w
- frown upon — If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.
- frowningly — While or as if frowning.
- fruit bowl — dish for displaying fruit
- full swing — full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- full twist — a front or back dive made by a complete rotation of the body on its vertical axis. Compare half twist (def 1).
- full-blown — fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- funnel-web — any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae, constructing funnel-shaped webs
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- go-forward — forward momentum, esp of a sports team during a match
- golf widow — a woman whose husband frequently leaves her alone while he plays golf.
- goodfellow — a cheerful companion
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-awake — waking; not sleeping.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
- half-white — of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
- halfwitted — Foolish or stupid.
- have a few — to consume several (or too many) alcoholic drinks
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- in view of — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- kiwi fruit — A kiwi fruit is a fruit with a brown hairy skin and green flesh.
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- law of war — rules or a code of rules governing the rights and duties of belligerents in an international war.
- lawfulness — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- lie fallow — to remain uncultivated, unused, unproductive, etc. for a time
- life arrow — an arrowlike projectile for carrying a line for use in maritime rescue operations.
- longfellow — Henry Wadsworth [wodz-werth] /ˈwɒdz wərθ/ (Show IPA), 1807–82, U.S. poet.
- low fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- low relief — bas-relief.
- low-flying — Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.
- malleefowl — Alternative form of mallee fowl.
- mallowpuff — a white marshmallow on a biscuit base and covered with chocolate
- man-of-war — a warship.
- maned wolf — a South American wild dog, Chrysocyon jubatus, having a shaggy, reddish coat and long ears and legs: now reduced in number.
- marrow fat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marrowfats — Plural form of marrowfat.
- mistflower — a North American composite plant, Eupatorium coelestinum, having heads of blue flowers.
- moonflower — a plant, Ipomoea alba, of the morning glory family, having fragrant white flowers that bloom at night.
- mowrah fat — a yellow, semifluid fat expressed from the seeds of several trees of the genus Madhuca, used in making soap and as an adulterant in butter.
- new forest — a forest region in S England, in Hampshire: national park. 145 sq. mi. (376 sq. km).
- new france — the French colonies and possessions in North America up to 1763.