16-letter words containing o, a, r, w
- declare war (on) — to make a formal declaration of being at war (with)
- dew-point spread — the degrees of difference between the air temperature and the dew point
- down memory lane — If you say that someone is taking a walk or trip down memory lane, you mean that they are talking, writing, or thinking about something that happened to them a long time ago.
- draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
- drop (down) dead — If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.
- electrical power — electricity
- exploration well — An exploration well is a borehole which is drilled to find out if there is any oil or gas in a place.
- farewell to arms — a novel (1929) by Ernest Hemingway.
- federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
- fellow passenger — a person travelling on the same vehicle, plane, ship etc as you
- fellow traveller — a companion on a journey
- find favour with — to be approved of by someone
- firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
- first-aid worker — someone who is trained to give immediate medical help in an emergency
- flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
- follow-my-leader — a game in which the players must repeat the actions of the leader
- fool around with — have casual sex
- forswear oneself — to swear falsely; perjure oneself
- fort leavenworth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E Kansas adjoining Leavenworth, one of the oldest (1827) military posts W of the Mississippi and site of federal penitentiary.
- forward analysis — An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs.
- forward chaining — A data-driven technique used in constructing goals or reaching inferences derived from a set of facts. Forward chaining is the basis of production systems. Oppose backward chaining.
- forward contract — a contract to buy or sell an asset at a point in the future at a previously agreed price
- forward delivery — delivery at a future date.
- forward exchange — a foreign bill purchased at a stipulated price and payable at a future date.
- forward planning — business: making future provisions
- forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
- forwarding agent — freight forwarder.
- francis townsend — Francis Everett, 1867–1960, U.S. physician and proposer of the Townsend plan.
- functional water — water containing additives that provide extra nutritional value
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
- great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- growth substance — any substance, produced naturally by a plant or manufactured commercially, that, in very low concentrations, affects plant growth; a plant hormone
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- hairy woodpecker — a North American woodpecker, Picoides villosus, resembling but larger than the downy woodpecker.
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- hanging wardrobe — a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail
- hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
- have a word with — discuss
- hawthorne effect — a positive change in the performance of a group of persons taking part in an experiment or study due to their perception of being singled out for special consideration.
- here we go again — You use expressions such as 'here we go' and 'here we go again' in order to indicate that something is happening again in the way that you expected, especially something unpleasant.
- holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.
- hookworm disease — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- hot-water bottle — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
- how's that for…? — is this satisfactory as regards…?
- if it wasn't for — If you talk about what would happen if it wasn't for someone or something, you mean that they are the only thing that is preventing it from happening.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- in a brown study — in a reverie or daydream
- in so many words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.