10-letter words containing r, w
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- flower fly — syrphid fly.
- flower key — feature key
- flowerbeds — Plural form of flowerbed.
- flowerhead — (botany) A short, compact cluster of flowers, such as those found in the composites.
- flowerless — having or producing no flowers.
- flowerlike — resembling or in the shape of a flower; delicate; graceful.
- flowerpots — Plural form of flowerpot.
- flowmeters — Plural form of flowmeter.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- foamflower — a North American plant, Tiarella cordifolia, having a cluster of small, usually white flowers.
- force down — eat with difficulty
- foreknower — One who foreknows.
- foreshadow — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- foreshowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshow.
- foreshower — One who predicts.
- forewarned — to warn in advance.
- forewarner — One who forewarns.
- formalwear — clothing designed for or customarily worn on formal occasions, as tuxedos and evening gowns.
- fort irwin — a military reservation in SW California, NE of Barstow.
- fort lewis — a military reservation in W central Washington State, SW of Tacoma.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- fort worth — a city in N Texas.
- forward of — If one thing is forward of another, especially on a ship or aircraft, the first thing is in front of the second thing or further ahead.
- forwarders — Plural form of forwarder.
- forwarding — Sports. a player stationed in advance of others on a team. Football. a lineman. Basketball. either of two players stationed in the forecourt.
- four-wheel — having four wheels.
- frameworks — Plural form of framework.
- freak show — a display of people or animals with unusual or grotesque physical features, as at a circus or carnival sideshow.
- free throw — foul shot.
- free world — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- free-blown — (of glass) blown and shaped manually and without the use of a mold. Compare blown-molded, offhand (def 5).
- freedwoman — a woman who has been freed from slavery.
- freedwomen — Plural form of freedwoman.
- freewheels — Plural form of freewheel.
- french way — cunnilingus or fellatio.
- frenchweed — the penny-cress, Thlaspi arvense.
- freshwater — of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- freshwoman — A female first-year student at a university, college, or high school.
- fright wig — a wig of wild, unruly hair, especially hair projecting outward in all directions, as worn by some clowns and comedians to give a comic effect of extreme fright or excitement.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- frontwomen — Plural form of frontwoman.
- 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-grown — completely grown; mature.
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.