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12-letter words containing d, s, n

  • flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
  • flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
  • flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
  • foodlessness — Absence of food.
  • foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
  • foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
  • fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
  • forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
  • foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
  • fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
  • fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
  • freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
  • french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
  • frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
  • frondiferous — Producing fronds.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • gangliosides — Plural form of ganglioside.
  • gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
  • garden cress — a peppergrass, Lepidium sativum, used as a salad vegetable.
  • garden snail — Zoology
  • garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
  • gas cylinder — container for storing gas
  • gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
  • gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
  • gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
  • geneva bands — a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
  • gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
  • gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
  • glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
  • gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
  • god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
  • godwin's law — (humour)   "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
  • 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.
  • golden goose — a legendary goose that laid one golden egg a day and was killed by its impatient owner, who wanted all the gold immediately.
  • golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
  • golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
  • golden state — California (used as a nickname).
  • golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
  • golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
  • goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
  • good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
  • goods engine — a railway locomotive used to haul a freight train.
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