12-letter words containing a, d, f
- brassfounder — a person who makes things from brass
- brazen-faced — shameless or impudent
- break of day — dawn; daybreak.
- breed of cat — type; sort; variety: The new airplane is a completely different breed of cat from any that has been designed before.
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- call of duty — responsibilities
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- cape-froward — Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- carryforward — carry-over.
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- certificated — A certificated person has been awarded a certificate to prove that they have achieved a certain level or standard.
- chafing dish — a vessel with a heating apparatus beneath it, for cooking or keeping food warm at the table
- chef's salad — A chef's salad is a green salad with hard-boiled egg and strips of meat and cheese on top.
- clap hold of — to grasp suddenly or forcibly
- codefendants — Plural form of codefendant.
- codification — the systematic organization of methods, rules, etc
- come forward — If someone comes forward, they offer to do something or to give some information in response to a request for help.
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- confederated — Simple past tense and past participle of confederate.
- confederates — Plural form of confederate.
- confidential — Information that is confidential is meant to be kept secret or private.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- cracker feed — Cracker feed is the raw materials used in different cracking processes.
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- cut-off date — the last date on which it is possible to do something
- dairy farmer — a farmer who has a herd producing milk
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- decaffeinate — to remove all or part of the caffeine from (coffee, tea, etc)
- decalcifying — Present participle of decalcify.
- declassified — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
- declassifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declassify.
- defederalize — to shift the functions or powers of (an agency, service, etc.) from the jurisdiction of the federal government to that of state or local government: to defederalize construction loans.
- defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- definitional — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.