12-letter words containing f, e, t, d
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- edifications — Plural form of edification.
- eisteddfodau — Plural form of eisteddfod.
- eisteddfodic — Relating to an eisteddfod.
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- end of steel — a point up to which railway tracks have been laid
- extended bnf — Extended Backus-Naur Form
- face-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- failed state — a nation in which the government has lost political authority and control and is unable to fulfill the basic responsibilities of a sovereign state.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- farthingdale — (British, dated, 13th-19th C.) A unit of area equal to one quarter of an acre.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- fatigue duty — any of the mainly domestic duties performed by military personnel, esp as a punishment
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- featherheads — Plural form of featherhead.
- fed to death — bored or annoyed
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- feeding time — the regular time at which babies or animals are fed
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- feel cheated — If you feel cheated, you feel that you have been let down or treated unfairly.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.
- fiddlesticks — anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.
- 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 centre — a research centre equipped for field studies, usually located in or near an area of scientific interest
- field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
- field jacket — a close-fitting jacket for wear by soldiers in the field.
- field magnet — a magnet for producing a magnetic field, as in a particle accelerator or an electric motor.
- field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- field-effect — designating or of an electronic component or device, esp. a transistor, controlled by an external electric field
- fifth-grader — a student in the fifth grade of the American education system
- fifty-second — next after the fifty-first; being the ordinal number for 52.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- first degree — People who have gained a higher qualification after completing a basic university degree such as a BA or a BSc refer to that basic degree as their first degree.
- 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-degree — of or relating to the lowest or first in a series.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- fitted sheet — a sheet with ends that are elasticated and shaped to fit tightly over a mattress
- five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.