12-letter words containing d, e, n, a, l
- expediential — Governed by expediency; seeking advantage.
- externalised — Simple past tense and past participle of externalise.
- externalized — Simple past tense and past participle of externalize.
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
- fence lizard — either of two spiny lizards, Sceloporus undulatus and S. occidentalis, of the U.S. and northern Mexico, often seen on fences.
- fer de lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- fer-de-lance — a large pit viper, Bothrops atrox, of tropical America.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- final demand — the last in a series of requests for payment of money owed, which usually contains a threat of legal action if the demand is ignored
- flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
- flat-grained — (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- gable window — a window in or under a gable.
- gambling den — a building operating as a business where money can be staked on playing games of chance
- ganglionated — gangliate.
- gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- garand rifle — M-1.
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.