13-letter words containing w, f, t
- law of nature — an empirical truth of great generality, conceived of as a physical (but not a logical) necessity, and consequently licensing counterfactual conditionals
- make off with — take away
- matter of law — an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.
- narrow-fisted — tight-fisted.
- no fewer than — You use no fewer than to emphasize that a number is surprisingly large.
- not far wrong — Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate.
- off the wagon — any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc.
- off with you! — go away! depart!
- on-off switch — electrical or electronic device: control knob
- out-of-towner — a visitor from another town or city: The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.
- owl butterfly — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, especially C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's eye on each hind wing.
- palm off with — If you say that you are palmed off with a lie or an excuse, you are annoyed because you are told something in order to stop you asking any more questions.
- point of view — a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- power takeoff — an accessory unit or apparatus attached to an engine-powered machine and powered by the engine. Abbreviation: PTO.
- rat claw foot — an elongated foot having the form of a thin claw grasping a ball.
- sawtooth roof — a roof composed of a series of small parallel roofs of triangular cross section, usually asymmetrical with the shorter slope glazed.
- show the flag — to assert a claim, as to a territory or stretch of water, by military presence
- stepford wife — a married woman who submits to her husband's will and is preoccupied by domestic concerns and her own personal appearance
- surface water — water found on the surface of the earth (not underground or in the atmosphere), for example in rivers, seas, lakes, reservoirs, etc
- swift current — a city in SW Saskatchewan, in S Canada.
- swift-flowing — moving rapidly
- taffeta weave — plain weave.
- takeaway food — food which is ordered and made in a restaurant and is then taken away to be eaten at home or elsewhere
- 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
- the worst off — those people who are in the worst situation
- thenceforward — from that time or place onward.
- tight forward — one of a number of forwards who are bound wholly into the scrum
- 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.
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- twenty-fourth — next after the twenty-third; being the ordinal number for 24.
- twin camshaft — A twin camshaft is an arrangement of two parallel camshafts for each set of cylinders in an engine. Usually one operates the intake valve and the other the exhaust valve.
- twist of fate — unexpected chance occurrence
- two of a kind — two similar people or things
- two-four time — music: time signature of 2/4
- ultrapowerful — extremely powerful
- wafflestomper — a shoe with a thick sole resembling a waffle
- 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.
- ward of court — a person, esp a minor or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs, placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court
- wasterfulness — the state of being wasteful
- watch oneself — to be careful, cautious, or discreet
- watch out for — remain vigilant for, beware of
- 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 feather — a water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum.
- water feature — A water feature is something such as an artificial pond or waterfall, usually in a garden.