10-letter words containing n, f, w
- funnel-web — any large poisonous black spider of the family Dipluridae, constructing funnel-shaped webs
- 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-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.
- hawfinches — Plural form of hawfinch.
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- in view of — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- 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.
- lawfulness — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- leftwinger — (Sometimes pejorative) A person who is radically liberal politically; one whose political viewpoint is leftwing.
- longfellow — Henry Wadsworth [wodz-werth] /ˈwɒdz wərθ/ (Show IPA), 1807–82, U.S. poet.
- low-flying — Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.
- 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.
- moonflower — a plant, Ipomoea alba, of the morning glory family, having fragrant white flowers that bloom at night.
- 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.
- newfangled — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- outflowing — Flowing out.
- self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
- shift down — When you shift down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- snow fence — a barrier erected on the windward side of a road, house, barn, etc., serving as a protection from drifting snow.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- stuff gown — a woollen gown worn by a barrister who has not taken silk
- sweet fern — a North American shrub, Comptonia (or Myrica) asplenifolia, having scented fernlike leaves and heads of brownish flowers: family Myricaceae
- sword fern — any fern of the genus Nephrolepis, especially N. exaltata, characterized by sword-shaped, pinnate fronds, a common houseplant.
- twentyfold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
- twin falls — a city in S Idaho.
- twinflower — either of two slender, creeping, evergreen, caprifoliaceous plants, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or L. americana, of North America, having pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on threadlike stalks.
- un-willful — deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
- unfellowed — without a companion; unmatched; unmated
- unfollowed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- unfrowning — to contract the brow, as in displeasure or deep thought; scowl.
- unfurrowed — (of a person's face) without the deep folds which appear in the skin when someone is annoyed, unhappy, or confused
- unlawfully — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- viewfinder — finder (def 2b).
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wagon roof — barrel vault.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- warm front — a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
- waterfront — land on the edge of a body of water.
- wave front — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- wayfinding — (biology) The ability of a person or animal to orientate itself and to navigate; the process used by a person or animal for orienting itself and navigating.
- websurfing — Present participle of websurf.