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11-letter words containing f, o, a, d

  • deification — If you talk about the deification of someone or something, you mean that they are regarded with very great respect and are not criticized at all.
  • delta force — (in the US) an élite army unit involved in counterterrorist operations abroad
  • dian fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
  • diffraction — the phenomenon exhibited by wave fronts that, passing the edge of an opaque body, are modulated, thereby causing a redistribution of energy within the front: it is detectable in light waves by the presence of a pattern of closely spaced dark and light bands (diffraction pattern) at the edge of a shadow.
  • diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
  • dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • disafforest — To deforest.
  • discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
  • disfavoring — Present participle of disfavor.
  • disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.
  • disfavourer — one who does not favour
  • dog fancier — a person with a special interest in dogs
  • dolabriform — shaped like an ax or a cleaver.
  • double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
  • douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
  • draft board — a board of civilians charged with registering, classifying, and selecting persons for U.S. military service.
  • draftswoman — a woman employed in making mechanical drawings.
  • draftswomen — Plural form of draftswoman.
  • drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
  • dragonflies — Plural form of dragonfly.
  • duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
  • dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
  • edification — an act of edifying.
  • edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
  • face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
  • fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
  • fallen idol — If you refer to someone as a fallen idol, you mean that they have lost people's respect and admiration because of something bad that they have done.
  • fallow deer — A fallow deer is a small deer that has a reddish coat which develops white spots in summer.
  • fallow-deer — a Eurasian deer, Dama dama, with a fallow or yellowish coat.
  • fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
  • fandabidozi — (British, informal) Very good.
  • fanfaronade — bragging; bravado; bluster.
  • fare-dodger — a person who tries to travel on public transport without paying the fare
  • fart around — a flatus expelled through the anus.
  • fast-fooder — Also, fast-foodery [fast-foo-duh-ree, fahst-] /ˈfæstˈfu də ri, ˈfɑst-/ (Show IPA). a restaurant that sells fast food.
  • fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
  • fecundation — to make prolific or fruitful.
  • federations — Plural form of federation.
  • feeder road — a secondary road used to bring traffic to a major road.
  • feedforward — The modification or control of a process using its anticipated results or effects.
  • fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
  • feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
  • fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
  • flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
  • flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
  • flash flood — a sudden and destructive rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall.
  • flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.
  • flashfloods — Plural form of flashflood.
  • flat-footed — having flatfeet.
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