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15-letter words containing a, f, e, r, d

  • differentiating — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • differentiation — Biology. the process by which cells or tissues change from relatively generalized to specialized kinds, during development.
  • differentiative — That differentiates, or causes differentiation.
  • differentiators — Plural form of differentiator.
  • diffractometers — Plural form of diffractometer.
  • diffractometric — Relating to diffractometry; measured using a diffractometer.
  • disaster relief — financial or physical help provided to people or areas hit by a disaster
  • disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
  • disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
  • disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
  • dishwasherproof — (of dishes, cooking utensils, etc.) able to withstand washing in an automatic dishwasher without breaking, chipping, fading, etc.
  • diversification — the act or process of diversifying; state of being diversified.
  • dna fingerprint — the use of a DNA probe for the identification of an individual, as for the matching of genes from a forensic sample with those of a criminal suspect.
  • dog's breakfast — a disorderly mixture; hodgepodge.
  • draft-mule work — drudgery
  • drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
  • draw oneself up — to assume a straighter posture; stand or sit straight
  • drug trafficker — someone that trades in illegal drugs
  • errand of mercy — a trip undertaken to help someone who is in trouble
  • faint-heartedly — nervously
  • fair and square — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
  • fair-haired boy — having light-colored hair.
  • fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
  • fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
  • false decretals — the Pseudo-Isidorian documents.
  • feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
  • featherstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of featherstitch.
  • federal holiday — a day which is a national holiday at the behest of the Federal Government
  • federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
  • feelgood factor — When journalists refer to the feelgood factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
  • fetch and carry — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
  • feynman diagram — a network of lines that represents a series of emissions and absorptions of elementary particles by other elementary particles, from which the probability of the series can be calculated.
  • fideicommissary — the recipient of a fideicommissum.
  • fiduciary issue — an issue of banknotes not backed by gold
  • field artillery — artillery mobile enough to accompany troops in the field.
  • fiesta de toros — a bullfight; corrida.
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • fire department — the department of a municipal government charged with the prevention and extinguishing of fire.
  • fire water pond — A fire water pond is an area of water which is kept so it can be used if there is a fire.
  • fire-and-forget — used to describe a type of missile that, once fired, is able to guide itself to its target
  • first amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting Congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • fischer-dieskau — Dietrich [dee-trik;; German dee-trikh] /ˈdi trɪk;; German ˈdi trɪx/ (Show IPA), 1925–2012, German baritone.
  • fish and brewis — a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread
  • flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
  • flame retardant — a compound used in cloth and plastic material to raise the ignition point of the material, thus making it resistant to fire.
  • flame-retardant — Flame-retardant is the same as fire-retardant.
  • flatbed scanner — a type of optical scanner having a flat, stationary surface on which a page is scanned by a moving head.
  • flinders island — an island off the coast of NE Tasmania: the largest of the Furneaux Islands. Pop: 850 (2004 est). Area: 2077 sq km (802 sq miles)
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
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