10-letter words containing w, f, l
- unfollowed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- unlawfully — not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
- unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
- unwatchful — not watchful or not alert to danger; inattentive
- wadi halfa — a former town in the N Sudan, on the Nile: now under the waters of Lake Nasser, created by the Aswan High Dam in S Egypt.
- wall fruit — fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides
- wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- warble fly — any of several stout, woolly flies of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which produce warbles in cattle and other animals.
- wastefully — In a wasteful manner.
- watchfully — vigilant or alert; closely observant: The sentry remained watchful throughout the night.
- water flag — a European iris, Iris pseudacorus, naturalized throughout eastern North America, with blue-green leaves and violet-veined, yellow flowers and growing in moist places.
- water flea — any of various small crustaceans that move about in the water like fleas, as those of the genus Daphnia.
- water leaf — (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
- waterfalls — Plural form of waterfall.
- waterflood — (in the petroleum industry) a method of secondary recovery whereby water is pumped into reservoir rock to force out oil that has ceased to flow under its own pressure.
- wax flower — Madagascar jasmine.
- welfarists — (rare, pejorative, derisive) Plural form of welfarist.
- well-fixed — wealthy; prosperous; well-to-do; well-heeled.
- well-found — well-furnished with supplies, necessaries, etc.: a well-found ship.
- wellformed — Alternative form of well-formed.
- whale calf — the young of a whale
- wheatfield — A wheat field; a field of wheat; a plot of land planted with wheat.
- white flag — an all-white banner or piece of cloth, used as a symbol of surrender or truce.
- whitefield — George, 1714–70, English Methodist evangelist.
- whiteflies — Plural form of whitefly.
- wholefoods — Plural form of wholefood.
- whorl foot — French foot (def 1).
- wifeliness — The condition of being wifely.
- wildflower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
- wilfulness — The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.
- willendorf — a village in NE Austria, near Krems: site of an Aurignacian settlement where a 4½ inches (11 cm) limestone statuette (Venus of Willendorf) was found.
- willow fly — a stonefly, Leuctra geniculata, of the English chalk streams, esteemed by trout and therefore by anglers
- wind shelf — smoke shelf.
- windfallen — having fallen because of wind
- windflower — any plant belonging to the genus Anemone, of the buttercup family, having divided leaves and showy, solitary flowers.
- woefulness — The quality of being woeful.
- wolf-child — a child who is thought to have been suckled or nurtured by wolves.
- wolfensohn — James D., known as Jim. born 1933, US businessman and international official, born in Australia; president of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank) (1995–2005); honorary knighthood (1995)
- wolffishes — Plural form of wolffish.
- wolfhounds — Plural form of wolfhound.
- wolframate — tungstate.
- wolframite — a mineral, iron manganese tungstate, (Fe,Mn)WO 4 , occurring in heavy grayish-black to brownish-black tabular or bladed crystals: an important ore of tungsten.
- wolfsbanes — Plural form of wolfsbane.
- womanfully — in a manner full of womanly spirit: She struggled womanfully to complete the task.
- womenfolks — Alternative form of womenfolk.
- wonderfull — Archaic spelling of wonderful.
- woollyfoot — a kind of fungus
- workfellow — One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
- world fair — an international exhibition of industrial, scientific, artistic etc achievements of different countries in the world