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

  • frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
  • futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
  • good offices — Someone's good offices are the help that they give to other people who are trying to achieve something.
  • ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
  • half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
  • henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
  • huffman code — Huffman coding
  • hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
  • inconfidence — (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
  • indo-pacific — of or relating to the areas of the Indian and Pacific oceans off the coast of SE Asia.
  • infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
  • 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
  • microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
  • modification — an act or instance of modifying.
  • modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
  • modificatory — modifying.
  • nidification — to build a nest.
  • non-codified — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
  • officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
  • officialized — Simple past tense and past participle of officialize.
  • optical diff — vdiff
  • overfocussed — too focussed
  • 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
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
  • pseudo force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
  • richard korf — (person)   A Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Richard Korf received his B.S. from MIT in 1977, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1980 and 1983. From 1983 to 1985 he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. Dr. Korf studies problem-solving, heuristic search and planning in artificial intelligence. He wrote "Learning to Solve Problems by Searching for Macro-Operators" (Pitman, 1985). He serves on the editorial boards of Artificial Intelligence, and the Journal of Applied Intelligence. Dr. Korf is the recipient of several awards and is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence.
  • road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
  • road traffic — traffic on the road
  • safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
  • safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
  • second floor — the floor or story above the ground floor.
  • self-colored — of one color.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-focused — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
  • smooth-faced — beardless; smooth-shaven.
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
  • sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
  • surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
  • tractor feed — Computers. a mechanism for aligning and transporting paper for a printer by means of pins that catch in perforations along the edges of the paper.
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
  • unconfounded — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
  • unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
  • unconfusedly — in an unconfused manner
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