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12-letter words containing a, n, u, d

  • 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.
  • fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
  • 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.
  • gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
  • grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
  • grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
  • grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
  • great sunday — Easter Sunday.
  • grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
  • ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
  • ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
  • ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
  • ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
  • ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
  • ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
  • ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
  • guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
  • guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
  • hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
  • hallucinated — Simple past tense and past participle of hallucinate.
  • hand luggage — carry-on baggage
  • hand-launder — hand-wash.
  • hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
  • hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
  • harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
  • head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
  • hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
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