12-letter words containing f, e, s, d
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- good offices — Someone's good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- 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).
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- house of god — Also called house of worship, house of prayer. a building devoted to religious worship; a church, synagogue, temple, chapel, etc.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- 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).
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
- indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
- indefensible — not justifiable; inexcusable: indefensible behavior.
- indefensibly — In an indefensible manner.
- indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.