12-letter words containing a, d, f
- garand rifle — M-1.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- get ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- half a dozen — six
- half binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half landing — a landing halfway up a flight of stairs
- half-binding — a type of book binding consisting of a leather binding on the spine and, sometimes, the corners, with paper or cloth sides.
- half-blooded — having parents of two different breeds, species, or the like.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- half-forward — any of three forwards positioned between the centre line and the forward line
- half-hearted — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
- half-holiday — a holiday limited to half a working day or half an academic day.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- halfwittedly — In a halfwitted manner.
- 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.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- 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.
- identifiable — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identifiably — In a manner or state that is capable of being distinguished or named.