12-letter words containing a, n, d, r, e, f
- handicrafter — One who engages in handicrafts.
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- in danger of — liable to
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- left-brained — having the left brain dominant, therefore being more adept at logic, calculation, language, and other thought processes or skills usually associated with the left brain.
- life drawing — drawing objects or people from life
- make friends — get to know people
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- near and far — close and distant
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- nonfederated — not federated
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- proofreading — correction of text
- range finder — any of various instruments for determining the distance from the observer to a particular object, as for sighting a gun or adjusting the focus of a camera.
- rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- understaffed — having an insufficient number of personnel: The hospital is understaffed.
- undersurface — underside; bottom surface.
- undreamed of — If you describe something as undreamed of, you are emphasizing that it is much better, worse, or more unusual than you thought was possible.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unforewarned — not forewarned
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unrefundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- vas deferens — the duct that transports the sperm from the epididymis to the penis.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.