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12-letter words containing a, l, d, r

  • flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
  • flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
  • float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • floor leader — the majority leader or minority leader in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • floor trader — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for his or her own account.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • florida moss — Spanish moss.
  • florida room — a sunroom.
  • fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
  • formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
  • formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
  • formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • forward roll — a gymnastic movement in which the body is turned heels over head with the back of the neck resting on the ground
  • forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
  • four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
  • franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
  • fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • free radical — an atom or molecule that bears an unpaired electron and is extremely reactive, capable of engaging in rapid chain reactions that destabilize other molecules and generate many more free radicals: in the body, deactivated by antioxidants, uric acid, and certain enzyme activities.
  • front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
  • front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
  • frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
  • full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • galahad, sirSir Arthurian Romance. the noblest and purest knight of the Round Table, son of Lancelot and Elaine: gained the Holy Grail.
  • gall bladder — a pear-shaped, muscular sac attached to the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver, in which bile is stored and concentrated.
  • gallbladders — Plural form of gallbladder.
  • gallows bird — a person who deserves to be hanged.
  • gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
  • garand rifle — M-1.
  • garden snail — Zoology
  • garlic bread — baguette toasted with garlic and butter
  • gas cylinder — container for storing gas
  • gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
  • gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
  • giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
  • gladiatorial — of or relating to gladiators or to their combats.
  • gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glass lizard — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
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