12-letter words containing d, e, f, i
- manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
- married life — living as sb's spouse
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- misspecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- needlefishes — Plural form of needlefish.
- 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.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
- non-codified — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- non-definite — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
- prespecified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- proofreading — correction of text
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- 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