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

  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
  • imperforated — Also, imperforated. not perforate; having no perforation.
  • in danger of — liable to
  • indo-pacific — of or relating to the areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans off the coast of SE Asia.
  • informidable — (obsolete) Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded.
  • infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
  • infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
  • isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
  • juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
  • leopard frog — a common North American green frog, Rana pipiens, having white-edged, dark oval spots on its back.
  • lock forward — either of two players who make up the second line of the scrum and apply weight to the forwards in the front line
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
  • mansard-roof — Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
  • midafternoon — the part of the afternoon centering approximately on three o'clock; the period approximately halfway between noon and sunset.
  • midwife toad — a European toad, Alytes obstetricans (family Discoglossidae), noted for its unusual breeding habits, in which mating occurs on land and the male broods the egg strings by wrapping them around his legs.
  • misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
  • modificatory — modifying.
  • natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
  • neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
  • newfashioned — Alternative form of new-fashioned.
  • newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
  • nidification — to build a nest.
  • nonfederated — not federated
  • nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
  • not half bad — very good
  • note of hand — promissory note.
  • of even date — of the same or today's date
  • off broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
  • off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
  • old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • optical diff — vdiff
  • overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
  • overfatigued — excessively fatigued
  • oxford comma — a comma between the final items in a list, often preceding the word 'and' or 'or', such as the final comma in the list newspapers, magazines, and books
  • oxford frame — a frame for a picture, mirror, etc., consisting of four straight pieces whose ends project beyond the corners.
  • platform bed — a bed, originating in Scandinavia in the 1930s, consisting of a simple shallow box for holding a mattress situated on a slightly recessed pedestal.
  • poodle-faker — a young man or newly commissioned officer who makes a point of socializing with women; ladies' man
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • preformatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
  • profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
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