12-letter words containing d, e, f, l, c
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field hockey — a game played on a rectangular field having a netted goal at each end, in which two teams of 11 players each compete in driving a small leather-covered ball into the other's goal, each player being equipped with a stick having a curved end or blade that is flat on one side and rounded on the other.
- field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
- field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- fleece-lined — lined with fleece
- flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- free radical — an atom or molecule that bears an unpaired electron and is extremely reactive, capable of engaging in rapid chain reactions that destabilize other molecules and generate many more free radicals: in the body, deactivated by antioxidants, uric acid, and certain enzyme activities.
- funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- half cadence — a cadence ending with dominant harmony.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- ill-affected — not well disposed; disaffected
- indefectible — not defectible; not liable to defect or failure.
- indefectibly — In an indefectible manner.
- macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-colored — of one color.
- self-command — self-control.
- self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
- self-defence — the act of defending one's person when physically attacked, as by countering blows or overcoming an assailant: the art of self-defense.
- self-elected — chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
- self-excited — noting a generator with magnets that are excited by the current it produces.
- self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
- uninfluenced — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- zinc sulfide — a white to yellow, crystalline powder, ZnS, soluble in acids, insoluble in water, occurring naturally as wurtzite and sphalerite: used as a pigment and as a phosphor on x-ray and television screens.