12-letter words containing a, n, d, f, o
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- fernando póo — Bioko
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
- foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- 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).
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- 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-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.