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13-letter words containing f, d

  • breidha fjord — an inlet of Denmark Strait on the NW coast of Iceland.
  • bring forward — If you bring forward a meeting or event, you arrange for it to take place at an earlier date or time than had been planned.
  • bufadienolide — any of a family of steroid lactones, occurring in toad venom and squill, that possess cardiac-stimulating and antitumor activity.
  • buffalo plaid — a plaid with large blocks formed by the intersection of two different-color yarns, typically red and black.
  • bundle of his — atrioventricular bundle.
  • by definition — If you say that something has a particular quality by definition, you mean that it has this quality simply because of what it is.
  • camp-drafting — a competitive test, esp at an agricultural show, of horsemen's skill in drafting cattle
  • campaign fund — money for a campaign, as of a political candidate, usually acquired through contributions by supporters.
  • candlesnuffer — an implement, or person, that extinguishes candle flames
  • cannon fodder — If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work.
  • cardinal fish — a small brightly coloured fish found in shallow tropical seas, of the family Apogonidae, the male of which often broods eggs in its mouth
  • carry forward — to transfer (a balance) to the next page, column, etc
  • casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
  • catch hold of — to take; seize; grasp
  • caudine forks — a narrow pass in the Apennines, in S Italy, between Capua and Benevento: scene of the defeat of the Romans by the Samnites (321 bc)
  • centerfielder — (baseball) A player in the centerfield position.
  • chapel de fer — a medieval open helmet, often having a broad brim for deflecting blows from above.
  • chef-d'oeuvre — a masterpiece
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
  • chesterfields — Plural form of chesterfield.
  • chicken-fried — (of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
  • child benefit — In Britain, child benefit is an amount of money paid weekly by the state to families for each of their children.
  • child welfare — social work and services aimed at insuring the welfare of children
  • church of god — any of numerous Protestant denominations that stress personal conversion, sanctification, the imminent return of Jesus Christ, baptism by immersion, and, among some, speaking in tongues.
  • city of david — Jerusalem. II Sam. 5:6–7.
  • civil defence — Civil defence is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
  • civil defense — Civil defense is the organization and training of the ordinary people in a country so that they can help the armed forces, medical services, or police force, for example if the country is attacked by an enemy.
  • classified ad — Classified ads or classified advertisements are small advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. They are usually from a person or small company.
  • cliff dweller — (usually initial capital letter) a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern U.S., who were ancestors of the Pueblo Indians and built shelters in caves or on the ledges of cliffs.
  • cliff-dweller — a member of a prehistoric people of the southwestern US who built shelters on the ledges of cliffs or in caves
  • cloth of gold — cloth woven from silk threads interspersed with gold
  • cloth-of-gold — a garden plant, Crocus augustifolius, of the iris family, native to the Crimean mountains, having orange-red flowers.
  • cloven-footed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  • cloven-hoofed — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
  • codifiability — the quality of being codifiable
  • coffin dodger — an old person
  • commodifiable — to turn into a commodity; make commercial.
  • compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
  • confederacies — Plural form of confederacy.
  • confederating — Present participle of confederate.
  • confederation — A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes.
  • confederative — of confederates or a confederation
  • confidingness — The state or quality of being confiding.
  • confirmedness — The quality of being confirmed.
  • confoundingly — in a confounding manner
  • confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
  • cornfield ant — a small, brown ant, Lasius alienus, that lives in cornfields and feeds on honeydew of the corn-root aphid.
  • corrie-fisted — left-handed
  • coulomb field — the electrostatic field around an electrically charged body or particle
  • count rumford — Benjamin, Count Rumford, 1753–1814, English physicist and diplomat, born in the U.S.
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