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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.
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