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15-letter words containing w, a, f

  • afternoon watch — the watch from noon until 4 p.m.
  • andrew of crete — a.d. c650–730, Greek poet and Orthodox archbishop of Crete.
  • articles of war — the disciplinary and legal procedures by which the naval and military forces of Great Britain were bound before the 19th century
  • auf wiedersehen — goodbye, until we see each other again
  • backup software — (tool, software)   Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. It may include its own scheduling function to automate the procedure or, preferably, work with generic scheduling facilities. It may include facilities for managing the backup media (e.g. maintaining an index of tapes) and for restoring files from backups. Examples are Unix's dump command and Windows's ntbackup.
  • battle of wills — A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.
  • call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
  • cardinal flower — a campanulaceous plant, Lobelia cardinalis of E North America, that has brilliant scarlet, pink, or white flowers
  • cauliflower ear — permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
  • cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
  • city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
  • cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
  • common-law wife — a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years
  • confederate war — the American Civil War.
  • contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
  • craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
  • crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
  • daffodil yellow — a bright yellow colour
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • draft-mule work — drudgery
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • dwarf poinciana — royal poinciana.
  • faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
  • fall cankerworm — the striped, green caterpillar of any of several geometrid moths: a foliage pest of various fruit and shade trees, as Paleacrita vernata (spring cankerworm) and Alsophila pometaria (fall cankerworm)
  • falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
  • false miterwort — foamflower.
  • fashion-forward — relating to, anticipating, or reflecting the most up-to-date fashion trends
  • fellow creature — a kindred creature, especially a fellow human being.
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • finno-russo war — the war (1939–40) between Finland and the Soviet Union.
  • fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
  • first world war — World War I.
  • fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
  • flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
  • flock wallpaper — a type of wallpaper with a raised pattern
  • flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
  • flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
  • fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
  • forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
  • forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
  • fraternal twins — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
  • free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
  • freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
  • front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
  • fundamental law — the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.

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