18-letter words containing f, d, m
- self-determination — determination by oneself or itself, without outside influence.
- self-disparagement — the act of disparaging.
- soda-lime feldspar — plagioclase.
- sodium hyposulfite — sodium thiosulfate.
- sodium polysulfide — a yellow-brown, water-soluble, granular powder, Na 2 S n , used chiefly in the manufacture of sulfur dyes, insecticides, and synthetic rubber.
- sodium thiosulfate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, Na 2 S 2 O 3 ⋅5H 2 O, used as a bleach and in photography as a fixing agent.
- squinting modifier — a word or phrase that can modify either the words that precede it or those that follow, as frequently in the sentence Studying frequently is tedious.
- take a dim view of — not bright; obscure from lack of light or emitted light: a dim room; a dim flashlight.
- the hand of fatima — a symbol of a hand used in some Arabic countries to protect against the evil eye, a magical power
- vermiform appendix — a narrow, blind tube protruding from the cecum, having no known useful function, in humans being 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and situated in the lower right-hand part of the abdomen.
- vitamin deficiency — a lack of a vitamin or vitamins needed for good health
- white-footed mouse — any of several North American woodland mice of the genus Peromyscus, especially P. leucopus, having white feet and undersides.
- wildlife programme — (esp on television) a documentary whose subject is wild animals in their natural habitat or undomesticated fauna and flora generally
- woman of the world — a woman experienced and sophisticated in the ways and manners of the world, especially the world of society.
- wrongful dismissal — the act of making someone redundant for reasons which are illegal or unjust