11-letter words containing f, w
- farm worker — a person who is hired to work on a farm
- farmworkers — Plural form of farmworker.
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- fast worker — a person who is quick and shrewd in gaining personal advantage: A fast worker, he soon knew everyone who had any pull.
- fast-twitch — of or relating to muscle fiber that contracts relatively rapidly, utilized especially in actions requiring maximum effort of short duration, as sprinting (distinguished from slow-twitch).
- feedforward — The modification or control of a process using its anticipated results or effects.
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- fiddle away — to waste (time)
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- fieldworker — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fiesta ware — molded, opaque-glazed earthenware produced in a wide range of colors from 1936 to 1969.
- fifth wheel — a horizontal ring or segment of a ring, consisting of two bands that slide on each other, placed above the front axle of a carriage and designed to support the forepart of the body while allowing it to turn freely in a horizontal plane.
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- fillet weld — a weld with a triangular cross section joining two surfaces that meet in an interior right angle.
- finedrawing — Present participle of finedraw.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- finger wave — a wave set by impressing the fingers into hair dampened by lotion or water.
- finish with — end relationship
- fire warden — an official assigned to prevent or fight fires, as in a forest, logging operation, camp, or town
- firewatcher — A person who looks for the onset of fires, normally from a high vantage point.
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first world — the major industrialized non-Communist nations, including those in Western Europe, the United States, Canada, and Japan.
- fish warden — a public official who enforces game laws relating to fish.
- fisherwoman — a woman who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fisherwomen — Plural form of fisherwoman.
- fixed-width — record
- flag-waving — an ostentatiously emotional display of patriotism or factionalism.
- flake white — lead white.
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- flight crew — the crew responsible for an aircraft during a flight
- floodwaters — The waters of a flood.
- floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- fly-by-wire — (of aircraft or spacecraft) activated entirely by electronic controls.
- flying wing — an airplane whose wings form almost all the airframe, with the fuselage almost or entirely within the wing structure.
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- folk wisdom — wisdom or beliefs associated with or traditional to the common people of a country
- follow shot — Also, following shot. Movies, Television. a traveling shot made as the camera moves along with the subject: a follow shot of the buffalo stampede, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
- follow suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- followed by — You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.