11-letter words containing ow
- fast bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
- finger bowl — a small bowl to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flower girl — a young girl at a wedding ceremony who precedes the bride and carries or scatters flowers in her path.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- flower show — a display or exhibition, often competitive, of flowers and plants
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- floweriness — The quality of being flowery.
- flowingness — the quality of being flowing
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- foamflowers — Plural form of foamflower.
- follow shot — Also, following shot. Movies, Television. a traveling shot made as the camera moves along with the subject: a follow shot of the buffalo stampede, taken from a low-flying helicopter.
- follow suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- followed by — You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things.
- foreknowing — Present participle of foreknow.
- foreshadows — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshadow.
- foreshowing — Present participle of foreshow.
- fowler flap — a flap normally forming a part of the trailing edge of an airplane wing, capable of being moved backward and rotated downward in order to increase lift through increased camber and wing area.
- fox sparrow — a North American sparrow, Passerella iliaca, having a bright rufous tail and streaked breast.
- front vowel — a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the 'a' in 'at' or the 'e' in bed
- frostflower — a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- frowardness — The quality of being froward.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gallowglass — a follower and supporter of or a soldier owing allegiance to an Irish chief.
- gallowsness — the quality of being bold or reckless
- geneva gown — a loose, large-sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland.
- george town — Also, George Town. a seaport in and the capital of the state of Penang, in NW Malaysia.
- get down to — start
- get nowhere — make no progress
- gilliflower — any of several plants of various families with clove-scented flowers, as the carnation
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- globeflower — any of several plants belonging to the genus Trollius, of the buttercup family, as T. laxus, of North America, having rounded, yellowish flowers.
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- gobble down — eat hungrily
- golden glow — a tall garden black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia laciniata) with numerous globular, yellow ray flower heads
- good fellow — a friendly and pleasant person.
- grass widow — a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband.
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- grow out of — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- growth area — a geographic or economic area in which there is noticeable growth
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.