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14-letter words containing w, f, l

  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • 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.
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • 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.
  • golfer's elbow — a painful inflammation of the muscles on the inside of the forearm caused by exertion in playing golf
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • 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.
  • lost for words — If someone is lost for words, they cannot think of anything to say, especially because they are very surprised by something.
  • 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.
  • new forest fly — a blood-sucking fly, Hippobosca equinus, that attacks horses and cattle
  • newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
  • newfoundlander — a native or inhabitant of Newfoundland.
  • off-line world — (jargon)   A die-hard nethead term for non-computer-related experience. See also big room.
  • officious will — a will by which the testator gives his or her property to the natural objects of such bounty, as the family.
  • one fell swoop — a single hasty action or occurrence
  • 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.
  • pinxter flower — a variety of azalea (Rhododendron nudiflorum) with pink, sweet-smelling flowers, purplish-red at the base
  • 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.
  • popcorn flower — a plant, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, of the borage family, native to the western U.S., having coiled clusters of small white flowers.
  • potential flow — Potential flow is a way of describing flow in a fluid using streamlines.
  • public welfare — state aid to the poor
  • 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.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • 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
  • snowflake baby — a baby born following the transfer of a surplus embryo produced during the in-vitro fertilization of one woman to the womb of another woman who was not a cell donor
  • social welfare — social services provided by a government for its citizens.
  • speak well for — to say or indicate something favorable about
  • sulphur-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.
  • tasmanian wolf — thylacine.
  • the free world — the non-Communist countries collectively, esp those that are actively anti-Communist
  • to follow suit — If people follow suit, they do the same thing that someone else has just done.
  • to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
  • tower of babel — an ancient city in the land of Shinar in which the building of a tower (Tower of Babel) intended to reach heaven was begun and the confusion of the language of the people took place. Gen. 11:4–9.
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