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12-letter words containing a, d, i, f

  • fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
  • fairchild f8 — (processor)   An 8-bit microprocessor. The processor itself had no address bus - program and data memory access were contained in separate units, which reduced the number of pins and the associated cost. It also featured 64 registers, accessed by the ISAR register in cells (register windows) of eight, which meant external RAM wasn't always needed for small applications. In addition, the 2-chip processor didn't need support chips, unlike others which needed seven or more. The F8 inspired other similar CPUs, such as the Intel 8048. The use of the ISAR register allowed a subroutine to be entered without saving a bunch of registers, speeding execution - the ISAR would just be changed. Special purpose registers were stored in the second cell (regs 9-15), and the first eight registers were accessed directly. The windowing concept was useful, but only the register pointed to by the ISAR could be accessed - to access other registers the ISAR was incremented or decremented through the window.
  • faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
  • falling band — a large, flat collar, usually trimmed with lace, worn by men in the 17th century.
  • falling door — flap door (def 1).
  • false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
  • false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
  • false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
  • false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
  • familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
  • familiarized — to make (onself or another) well-acquainted or conversant with something.
  • fancy diving — diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
  • far and wide — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
  • faradization — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
  • farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
  • farthingland — a unit of land area, sometimes described as being equivalent to thirty acres
  • fascia-board — a band or fillet, as for binding the hair.
  • fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
  • fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
  • fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
  • fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
  • faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
  • federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • federatively — from a federative point of view
  • feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
  • fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
  • fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
  • ferdinand ii — ("the Catholic") 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III, king of Naples 1504–16; as King Ferdinand V, joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.
  • ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
  • ferricyanide — a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
  • field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
  • final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
  • fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • fire brigade — a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
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