12-letter words containing f, e, d, o, r
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
- in danger of — liable to
- informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
- looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
- midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- non-offender — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonfederated — not federated
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- of few words — taciturn, who rarely speaks
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- out of order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- outperformed — Simple past tense and past participle of outperform.
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflow pdl — (jargon) The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overfondness — excessive affection
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.