12-letter words containing f, e, l, d
- defibrillate — to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current
- definability — The quality of being definable.
- definitional — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- definitively — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deflectional — of or relating to deflection
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- deflowerment — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deformalized — Simple past tense and past participle of deformalize.
- delightfully — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- dental floss — Dental floss is a type of thread that is used to clean the gaps between your teeth.
- deny oneself — to do without desired things
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- difficulties — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- disaffiliate — to sever affiliation with; disassociate: He disaffiliated himself from the political group he had once led.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disqualified — Simple past tense and past participle of disqualify.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disqualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- dogleg fence — snake fence.
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dorsiflexion — flexion toward the back.
- double bluff — deceit
- double drift — a method of calculating wind direction and velocity by observing the direction of drift of an aircraft on two or more headings.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double fugue — a fugue with two subjects developed simultaneously.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dwarf laurel — a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- ebb and flow — tidal movement
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- end of steel — a point up to which railway tracks have been laid
- facial index — Craniometry. the ratio of the breadth of a face to its height.