12-letter words containing f, i, n, d
- rangefinding — the act or process of determining the distance of an object from the observer
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- self-blinded — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-defined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-feeding — automatically supplying itself with what is needed, as a machine
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
- semifinished — partially or almost finished.
- sinking fund — a fund to extinguish an indebtedness, usually a bond issue.
- sir sandford — Mount, a mountain in SE British Columbia, Canada, in the Selkirk Mountains. 11,590 feet (3533 meters).
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- soft landing — space vehicle
- spina bifida — a congenital neural tube defect in which part of the meninges or spinal cord protrudes through the spinal column, often resulting in neurological impairment.
- spinal fluid — cerebrospinal fluid
- spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
- spiny-finned — having fins with sharp bony rays, as an acanthopterygian.
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unbefriended — having no friends or companions
- unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
- undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.