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13-letter words containing d, a, f

  • densification — the act of becoming or making more dense
  • desulfuration — to desulfurize.
  • dewar (flask) — a double-walled flask with a vacuum between the walls, which are silvered on the inside, used esp. for storage of liquefied gases
  • dieffenbachia — any of various plants belonging to the genus Dieffenbachia, of the arum family, native to tropical America, often cultivated as houseplants for their decorative foliage.
  • dietary fiber — fiber (def 9).
  • dietary fibre — fibrous substances in fruits and vegetables, such as the structural polymers of cell walls, consumption of which aids digestion and is believed to help prevent certain diseases
  • diffarreation — (historical) A form of divorce, among the Ancient Romans, in which a cake was used.
  • differentials — Plural form of differential.
  • differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
  • diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
  • digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
  • digital frame — a picture frame containing an LCD screen that is used to display digital photos: Download pictures to your digital frame directly from your camera's memory card.
  • dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
  • disaffiliated — Simple past tense and past participle of disaffiliate.
  • disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
  • disafforested — Simple past tense and past participle of disafforest.
  • disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
  • disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
  • disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
  • disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
  • disfunctional — dysfunction.
  • disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
  • disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
  • disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
  • dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
  • distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
  • distress flag — any flag flown by a vessel to show that it is in distress, as an ensign flown at half-mast or upside down.
  • diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
  • dome fastener — a fastening device consisting of one part with a projecting knob that snaps into a hole on another like part, used esp in closures in clothing
  • draft version — a preliminary version
  • drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
  • draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
  • draftspersons — Plural form of draftsperson.
  • drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
  • drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
  • drop-dead fee — a fee paid to an organization lending money to a company that is hoping to use it to finance a takeover bid. The fee is only paid if the bid fails and interest charges are only incurred if the money is needed
  • dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
  • dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
  • east flanders — a province in W Belgium. 1150 sq. mi. (2980 sq. km). Capital: Ghent.
  • east hartford — a town in central Connecticut.
  • eff and blind — to use obscene language
  • face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
  • face-centered — (of a crystal structure) having lattice points on the faces of the unit cells.
  • factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
  • faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
  • faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
  • fairly-traded — bought from the producer at a guaranteed price
  • false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
  • false-hearted — having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
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