14-letter words containing f, d, s, e
- diffuse-porous — having annual rings in which the size of pores is approximately the same in wood formed in spring and summer.
- diffusion line — a range of clothes made by a top fashion designer for a high-street retailer
- disafforesting — Present participle of disafforest.
- discomfortable — an absence of comfort or ease; uneasiness, hardship, or mild pain.
- disconformable — of or relating to a disconformity.
- disdainfulness — The state or quality of being disdainful.
- disenfranchise — to disfranchise.
- disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
- disforestation — Archaic form of deforestation.
- disfurnishment — the act or quality of disfurnishing
- disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
- disidentifying — Present participle of disidentify.
- disinfestation — The act or process of disinfesting.
- disneyfication — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- do one's stuff — If you do your stuff, you perform an activity in the way that people expect.
- do wonders for — to make a remarkable improvement in
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- domestic staff — servants
- driftless area — a tract of land that was once surrounded but never covered by a continental glacier, consequently having no glacial deposits.
- duarte fuentes — José Napoleón [haw-se nah-paw-le-awn] /hɔˈsɛ nɑ pɔ lɛˈɔn/ (Show IPA), 1926–90, Salvadoran political leader: president 1980–82, 1984–89.
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- effective dose — the amount of a drug, or level of radiation exposure, that is sufficient to achieve the desired clinical improvement.
- faeroe islands — group of Danish islands in the N Atlantic, between Iceland & the Shetland Islands: 540 sq mi (1,399 sq km); pop. 44,000
- fairmindedness — Alt form fair-mindedness.
- falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
- faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
- farfetchedness — the quality of being far-fetched
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- fastidiousness — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- feather duster — a brush for dusting, made of a bundle of large feathers attached to a short handle.
- federalisation — Alternative spelling of federalization.
- fellow student — sb studying at same institution
- fidei defensor — Defender of the Faith: one of the titles of English sovereigns.
- fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
- fidget spinner — a small toy comprising two or three prongs arranged around a central bearing, designed to be spun by the fingers as means of improving concentration or relieving stress
- field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
- field exercise — a military exercise in which mock warfare is staged between two forces.
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- field larkspur — a European plant, Consolida regalis, of the buttercup family, having sparse clusters of blue or violet-colored flowers and smooth fruit.
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
- fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
- find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
- finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
- fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat