12-letter words containing f, o, i, d
- 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.
- mixed forest — a forest filling the transition from natural coniferous to deciduous forest, and containing both types of tree
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- modificatory — modifying.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- 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.
- nidification — to build a nest.
- non-codified — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- non-definite — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- nondeforming — not causing deformity
- nonforbidden — Unforbidden.
- nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- off the grid — not using any of the services, such as bank accounts, public utilites, etc, that allow a person's activities to be monitored by the authorities
- off the wind — away from the direction from which the wind is blowing
- off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
- officeholder — a person filling a governmental position; public official.
- 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
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- 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.
- post-fordism — the idea that modern industrial production has moved away from mass production in huge factories, as pioneered by Henry Ford, towards specialized markets based on small flexible manufacturing units
- profile drag — the sum of the surface friction drag and the form drag for a body moving subsonically through a fluid
- proofreading — correction of text
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- redefinition — the act of defining, or of making something definite, distinct, or clear: We need a better definition of her responsibilities.
- redispose of — to dispose of again
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- 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 traffic — traffic on the road
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.