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12-letter words containing e, n, f, o, d

  • edifications — Plural form of edification.
  • end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
  • end of steel — a point up to which railway tracks have been laid
  • face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
  • 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.
  • fare-dodging — the practice of trying to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
  • fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
  • fernando póo — Bioko
  • ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
  • fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
  • fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
  • find oneself — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • fixed-income — gaining or yielding a more or less uniform rate of income.
  • 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.
  • flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
  • flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
  • folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • 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.
  • for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
  • forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
  • fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
  • fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
  • foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
  • forebodement — The act of foreboding.
  • forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
  • foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
  • forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
  • foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
  • foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
  • foreordinate — foreordain.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
  • foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
  • foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
  • fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
  • four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
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