13-letter words containing f, e, u, d
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- figure-ground — a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filipendulous — Suspended by, or strung upon, a thread; said of tuberous swellings in the middle or at the extremities of slender, threadlike rootlets.
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- flatbed truck — a truck with a flat platform for its body
- fluid-extract — 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.
- fluidized bed — a bed of fluidized solids used as a heat exchanger or mass transfer medium
- fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
- flutterboards — Plural form of flutterboard.
- foldoc source — The source text of FOLDOC is a single plain text file. FOLDOC is also available on paper from your local printer but, at 700,000+ words, that would be about 2000 pages.
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- food supplies — food obtained for a household or for a country, an expedition, etc
- forced labour — labour done because of force; compulsory labour
- foregrounding — Present participle of foreground.
- forked tongue — lying or deceitful talk
- fort duquesne — Abraham [a-bra-am] /a braˈam/ (Show IPA), 1610–88, French naval commander.
- foul-tempered — frequently and unnecessarily sullen or angry
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- freudian slip — (in Freudian psychology) an inadvertent mistake in speech or writing that is thought to reveal a person's unconscious motives, wishes, or attitudes.
- froude number — a dimensionless number used in hydrodynamics for model simulation of actual conditions
- fuddle-duddle — to depart; be off.
- fuel-injected — (of an engine) having fuel injection.
- full-bottomed — (of a wig) long at the back
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- fully fledged — Fully fledged means complete or fully developed.
- fume cupboard — vent used in a laboratory
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- hard-featured — having stern, harsh, or unattractive features.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- in default of — If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.
- index futures — a form of financial futures based on projected movement of a share price index, such as the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Share Index
- infundibulate — Shaped like a funnel; infundibulated or infundibular.
- lighter fluid — a combustible fluid used in cigarette, cigar, and pipe lighters.
- malfunctioned — Simple past tense and past participle of malfunction.
- managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
- meadow fescue — a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
- midriff bulge — a roll of fat around your midriff