12-letter words containing f, e, d, r, a
- ferdinand ii — ("the Catholic") 1452–1516, founder of the Spanish monarchy 1506: king of Sicily 1468–1516, king of Aragon 1479–1516; as Ferdinand III, king of Naples 1504–16; as King Ferdinand V, joint sovereign (with Isabella I) of Castile 1474–1504.
- ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
- fernando póo — Bioko
- ferricyanide — a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- 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.
- fibroadenoma — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
- 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 ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- fine-grained — being of fine grain or texture, as certain types of wood, leather, etc.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- fire brigade — a group of firefighters, especially as formed temporarily or called upon to assist a fire department in an emergency.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- fire-damaged — damaged by fire or in a fire
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- fixed charge — an expense that cannot be modified.
- 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 powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- flutterboard — a kickboard.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.