12-letter words containing e, l, d, r, f
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- 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.
- overflow pdl — (jargon) The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- 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.
- poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
- powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
- pressed felt — Pressed felt is a material made from compressed fibers and used as a filter.
- 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
- radical left — the faction representing extreme left-wing political views, often Marxist or Maoist in ideology.
- reclassified — to classify anew.
- scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
- second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
- self-assured — self-confident.
- self-centred — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
- self-colored — of one color.
- 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-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-honored — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- self-powered — (of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover: a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
- serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- the red flag — a socialist song, written by James Connell (1852–1929), Irish political activist, in 1889
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unfertilized — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unformulated — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- unfriendlily — in an unfriendly manner
- unlooked-for — not expected, anticipated, or foreseen: They were confronted with an unlooked-for situation.
- unrefundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- welfare fund — a fund set up by a union or employer, providing benefits to workers during a period of unemployment or disablement, as salary continuance while ill.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.