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10-letter words containing w, o, l, f

  • scapa flow — an area of water off the N coast of Scotland, in the Orkney Islands: British naval base; German warships scuttled 1919.
  • scrub fowl — megapode.
  • self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
  • self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
  • starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
  • strandwolf — brown hyena.
  • streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
  • twelvefold — having twelve sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
  • twentyfold — having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
  • twinflower — either of two slender, creeping, evergreen, caprifoliaceous plants, Linnaea borealis, of Europe, or L. americana, of North America, having pink or purplish nodding flowers borne in pairs on threadlike stalks.
  • two folds' — a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.
  • unfellowed — without a companion; unmatched; unmated
  • unfollowed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
  • unpowerful — having or exerting great power or force.
  • wallflower — a person who, because of shyness, unpopularity, or lack of a partner, remains at the side at a party or dance.
  • 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.
  • well-found — well-furnished with supplies, necessaries, etc.: a well-found ship.
  • wellformed — Alternative form of well-formed.
  • wholefoods — Plural form of wholefood.
  • whorl foot — French foot (def 1).
  • wildflower — the flower of a plant that normally grows in fields, forests, etc., without deliberate cultivation.
  • 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
  • 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
  • worshipful — feeling or showing worship.
  • wrongfully — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
  • yellowfins — Plural form of yellowfin.
  • yokefellow — an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
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