14-letter words containing w, a, f
- follow-up care — care provided for a patient after medical or surgical treatment
- footplatewoman — a female footplate worker
- forenoon watch — the watch from 8 a.m. until noon.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- forward market — future commodities trading
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- freshwater eel — any of a family (Anguillidae) of eels that live in streams, lakes, etc. and migrate to the sea to spawn
- front walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- frontierswoman — A woman living in the region of a frontier, especially that between settled and unsettled country.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- grow away from — lose attachment
- guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hiram woodruff — Hiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
- in the wake of — the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water: The wake of the boat glowed in the darkness.
- inside forward — one of two attacking players whose usual position is between the center forward and one of the wings.
- jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- law of cosines — a law stating that the square of a side of a plane triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides minus twice the product of the other sides multiplied by the cosine of the angle between them.
- law of nations — international law.
- law of thought — any of the three basic laws of traditional logic: the law of contradiction, the law of excluded middle, and the law of identity.
- lawrence frame — a gilded frame for a circular or oval painting, having a rectangular exterior form.
- make free with — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- man of sorrows — a person alluded to by Isaiah (Isa. 53:3) and interpreted as being the Messiah
- maxis software — The developers of SimCity and SimCity 2000. Address: 2 Theatre Square, Suite 230, Orinda, CA 94563-3346, USA. Telephone: +1 (800) 33-MAXIS.
- meadow saffron — autumn crocus.
- meadow salsify — a European weedy, composite plant, Tragopogon pratensis, naturalized in North America, having grasslike leaves and yellow flowers.
- new federalism — a plan, announced in 1969, to turn over the control of some federal programs to state and local governments and institute block grants, revenue sharing, etc.
- newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
- newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
- out of the way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
- out-of-the-way — remote from much-traveled, frequented, or populous regions; secluded: an out-of-the-way inn up in the hills.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- peacock-flower — royal poinciana.
- pelican-flower — a woody vine, Aristolochia grandiflora, of the West Indies, having heart-shaped leaves and purple-spotted, purple-veined flowers from 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) wide with a long, taillike structure at the tip of the corolla.
- play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
- profit warning — a public announcement made by a company to shareholders and others warning that profits for a stated period will be much lower than had been expected
- public welfare — state aid to the poor
- rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
- saffron powder — the dried stigmas of the saffron crushed into powder, used to flavour or colour food
- sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
- self-awareness — the state or condition of being aware; having knowledge; consciousness: The object of the information drive is to raise awareness of what spreads HIV/AIDS.
- seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow