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13-letter words containing w, f, l

  • schwenkfelder — a member of a Protestant group that emigrated in 1734 from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania, where they organized the Schwenkfelder Church.
  • screwworm fly — the adult screwworm.
  • self-renewing — of or relating to the act of renewing oneself or itself
  • show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
  • sidewalk café — a café that has seats outside on the sidewalk
  • small forward — a versatile attacking player
  • spider flower — cleome
  • spruce sawfly — any of several sawflies of the family Diprionidae, especially Diprion hercyniae (European spruce sawfly) the larvae of which feed on the foliage of spruce.
  • sulfur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sunflower oil — oil obtained from sunflower seeds
  • superpowerful — extremely powerful
  • swift-flowing — moving rapidly
  • tassel flower — love-lies-bleeding.
  • the following — the one or ones to be mentioned immediately
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • twelfth grade — (in the US) the final year of secondary school after which students usually graduate at age 17 or 18
  • twelfth night — the evening before Twelfth Day, formerly observed with various festivities.
  • ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
  • wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
  • waldorf salad — a salad of celery, diced apples, nuts, and mayonnaise.
  • walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
  • wall of death — (at a fairground) a giant cylinder round the inside walls of which a motorcyclist rides
  • walnut family — the plant family Juglandaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having alternate, pinnately compound leaves, male flowers in tassellike catkins and female flowers in clusters, and edible nuts enclosed in a thick-walled or leathery husk, and including the butternut, hickory, pecan, and walnut.
  • wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
  • watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
  • water bailiff — an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing
  • water buffalo — a buffalo, Bubalus bubalis, of the Old World tropics, having large, flattened, curved horns: wild populations are near extinction.
  • water milfoil — any of various aquatic plants, chiefly of the genus Myriophyllum, the submerged leaves of which are very finely divided.
  • waterflooding — (in oil, gas, or petroleum production) the practice of injecting water to maintain pressure in a reservoir and to drive the oil, etc towards the production wells
  • weightlifters — Plural form of weightlifter.
  • weightlifting — the act, art, or sport of lifting barbells of given poundages in a prescribed manner, as a competitive event or conditioning exercise.
  • welfare check — a social security payment
  • welfare hotel — a hotel in which people receiving welfare assistance are temporarily housed until permanent quarters become available.
  • welfare state — a state in which the welfare of the people in such matters as social security, health and education, housing, and working conditions is the responsibility of the government.
  • well-affected — favourably disposed (towards); steadfast or loyal
  • well-defended — to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
  • well-favoured — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
  • well-financed — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • well-finished — ended or completed.
  • well-followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
  • west flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1249 sq. mi. (3235 sq. km). Capital: Bruges.
  • wheel of life — the symbol of the cycle of birth, death, and reincarnation.
  • when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
  • white truffle — an edible fungus, Tuber magnatum pico, occurring in certain parts of northern Italy, and considered a great delicacy.
  • wichita falls — a city in N Texas.
  • wildlife park — animal reserve
  • willow family — the plant family Salicaceae, characterized by deciduous trees and shrubs having simple, alternate leaves, hairy catkins of male and female flowers on separate plants, and capsular fruit, and including the aspen, cottonwood, poplar, and willow.
  • wolffian body — the mesonephros.
  • wolffian duct — a duct, draining the mesonephros of the embryo, that becomes the vas deferens in males and vestigial in females.
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