12-letter words containing d, o, t, f
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- light-footed — stepping lightly or nimbly; light of foot; nimble.
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- loose-footed — (of a fore-and-aft sail) not having the foot bent to a boom.
- 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.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- nidification — to build a nest.
- non-definite — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- nonfederated — not federated
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- not half bad — very good
- note of hand — promissory note.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- 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
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- 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.
- optical diff — vdiff
- out of doors — outside, outdoors
- out of order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- out of round — not having perfect roundness
- out-of-doors — Also, out-of-door. outdoor.
- out-of-round — not perfectly round.
- outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- 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.
- platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
- 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.
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- road traffic — traffic on the road
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.