13-letter words containing n, f, w
- japanese wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus hodophylax, of Japan.
- jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- law of motion — any of three laws of classical mechanics, either the law that a body remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity unless an external force acts on the body (first law of motion) the law that the sum of the forces acting on a body is equal to the product of the mass of the body and the acceleration produced by the forces, with motion in the direction of the resultant of the forces (second law of motion) or the law that for every force acting on a body, the body exerts a force having equal magnitude and the opposite direction along the same line of action as the original force (third law of motion or law of action and reaction)
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- monkey flower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Mimulus, of the figwort family, as M. cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower) having spotted flowers that resemble a face.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- new braunfels — a city in S Texas, near San Antonio.
- new fairfield — a town in SW Connecticut.
- new york fern — a shield fern, Thelypteris noveboracenis, of eastern North America, having yellowish-green fronds.
- new-fashioned — lately come into fashion; made in a new style, fashion, etc.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
- nurse-midwife — a nurse skilled in assisting women in the prenatal period and in childbirth, especially at home or in another nonhospital setting.
- of many words — talkative
- of one's word — given to or noted for keeping one's promises
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- passionflower — any chiefly American climbing vine or shrub of the genus Passiflora, having showy flowers and a pulpy berry or fruit that in some species is edible.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- re-forwarding — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- sandwich loaf — a loaf of the type of soft white sliced bread often used to make sandwiches
- schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
- self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
- send away for — order by post
- show of hands — an indication of approval, disapproval, volunteering, etc., on the part of a group of persons, usually made by each assenting person raising his or her hand.
- show signs of — indicate possibility of
- sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- 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.
- war of nerves — a conflict using psychological techniques, as propaganda, threats, and false rumors, rather than direct violence, in order to confuse, thwart, or intimidate an enemy.
- warping frame — a wooden frame containing evenly spaced pegs on which the warp is wound in preparation for weaving.
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- 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.
- wedding feast — a meal served to celebrate a wedding
- weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.