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12-letter words containing f, a, l, d

  • federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
  • federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
  • federalizing — Present participle of federalize.
  • federatively — from a federative point of view
  • feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
  • feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
  • feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
  • 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.
  • ferulic acid — a compound, C 10 H 10 O 4 , found in small amounts in lants, that occurs in two isomers, one a yellow oily liquid and the other crystalline.
  • fiddler crab — any small, burrowing crab of the genus Uca, characterized by one greatly enlarged claw in the male.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
  • 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.
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • 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
  • flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
  • flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
  • 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.
  • flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
  • 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.
  • float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
  • flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
  • floor leader — the majority leader or minority leader in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • floor trader — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for his or her own account.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • florida moss — Spanish moss.
  • florida room — a sunroom.
  • fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
  • fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
  • flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • 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.
  • foamed metal — a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
  • folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
  • food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
  • food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
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