12-letter words containing f, o, n, d
- front loader — a washing machine with a door at the front which opens one side of the drum into which washing is placed
- front-loaded — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
- 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.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gold filling — a small amount of gold that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- griffin-hood — (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- half a dozen — six
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- hand of writ — handwriting; penmanship.
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- horned whiff — any of several flatfishes having both eyes on the left side of the head, of the genus Citharichthys, as C. cornutus (horned whiff) inhabiting Atlantic waters from New England to Brazil.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- hydroforming — the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- in danger of — liable to
- in good form — fit, healthy
- inconfidence — (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
- index fossil — a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.
- 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.
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- lend oneself — to give support, cooperation, etc
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- 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.
- misfashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of misfashion.
- modification — an act or instance of modifying.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- 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.