12-letter words containing a, d, f, r
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- handcraftman — handicraftsman.
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in danger of — liable to
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- make friends — get to know people
- mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- modificatory — modifying.
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- near and far — close and distant
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- nonfederated — not federated
- off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
- oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man