13-letter words containing f, i, n, d, a
- differentials — Plural form of differential.
- differentiate — to form or mark differently from other such things; distinguish.
- digital fount — a typeface of which the letter-shapes have been converted into digital form so that they can be used in computer-aided typesetting
- dignification — The act of dignifying; exaltation.
- disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
- disaster fund — a fund set up to relieve people or countries afflicted by a disaster
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of disfranchise.
- disfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfranchise.
- disfunctional — dysfunction.
- disinfectants — Plural form of disinfectant.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- drafting yard — a yard fenced into compartments for the holding and sorting of livestock.
- draftsmanship — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, as of machines, structures, etc.
- drape forming — thermoforming of plastic sheeting over an open mold by a combination of gravity and a vacuum.
- drawing frame — a machine used to attenuate and straighten fibers by having them pass, in sliver form, through a series of double rollers, each pair of which revolves at a slightly greater speed than the preceding pair and reduces the number of strands originally fed into the machine to one extended fibrous strand doubled or redoubled in length.
- dwarf ginseng — a plant, Panax trifolius, of eastern North America, having globe-shaped clusters of small, white flowers and yellow fruit.
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- eff and blind — to use obscene language
- factionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of factionalize.
- faint-hearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- false diamond — any of a number of semiprecious stones that resemble diamond, such as zircon and white topaz
- family friend — intimate acquaintance of one's family
- family-minded — devoted to one's family
- faroe islands — islands in Atlantic Ocean
- farther india — a peninsula in SE Asia, between India and China: consists of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- fault-finding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- ferdinand iii — Ferdinand II (def 1).
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- feudalization — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- fictionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fictionalise.
- fictionalized — to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
- fiddle around — waste time doing sth trivial
- field captain — a member of a team taking active part in a game who is authorized to make decisions for the team, especially in regard to planning plays, deciding whether to accept penalties called by an official against the opponents, etc.
- field spaniel — one of a British breed of spaniels having a flat or slightly waved, usually black coat, used for hunting and retrieving game.
- final edition — the last version of a particular issue of a daily newspaper
- fine adjuster — (jargon, tool, humour) A tool used for percussive maintenance, also known as a "hammer".
- fingerbreadth — the breadth of a finger: approximately 3/4 inch (2 cm).
- fingerpainted — Simple past tense and past participle of fingerpaint.
- finisher card — (in manufacturing fibers) the last card in the carding process, for converting stock into roving.
- finnan haddie — smoked haddock.
- first reading — the reading of a bill when it is first introduced in a legislative body.
- five-and-dime — a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
- flaming sword — a cultivated bromeliad, Vriesea splendens, native to French Guiana, having long, red bracts and yellow flowers.
- floating debt — short-term government borrowing, esp by the issue of three-month Treasury bills
- floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.