13-letter words containing s, w, o, r
- fast follower — a company that is quick to pick up good new ideas from other companies
- field sparrow — a common North American finch, Spizella pusilla, found in brushy pasturelands.
- flamethrowers — Plural form of flamethrower.
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- flash-forward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flower seller — a person who sells flowers for a living, usually from a stall in the street
- flowering ash — a variety of ash tree that produces conspicuous flowers
- for the worse — into a less desirable or inferior state or condition
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- form of words — the type of words and phrases used
- forward slash — a short oblique stroke (/), or slash, especially one used in computer programming or to specify an Internet address or computer filename.
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- gallows frame — headframe.
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- garrison town — a town containing a military base
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- get somewhere — to make progress
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- henceforwards — (archaic) henceforth, from this point onwards.
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- home row keys — home keys
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- honors of war — special privileges granted to a defeated army, as that of continuing to bear arms
- hornswogglers — Plural form of hornswoggler.
- hornswoggling — Present participle of hornswoggle.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- insect powder — a powdered chemical that kills insects; insecticide
- jeffersontown — a town in N Kentucky.
- jimmy woodser — a man who drinks by himself
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- law stationer — a stationer selling articles used by lawyers
- loose forward — one of a number of forwards who play at the back or sides of the scrum and who are not bound wholly into it