11-letter words containing f, o
- damping off — any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
- damping-off — a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
- dance floor — In a restaurant or night club, the dance floor is the area where people can dance.
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- day of rest — the Sabbath; Sunday
- declare for — If you declare for something or someone, you say that you are in favour of them.
- deep-frozen — to quick-freeze (food).
- defaecation — Alt form defecation.
- defalcation — the amount embezzled
- defamations — Plural form of defamation.
- defiliation — the denial of or lack of a male child
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- deflagrator — a piece of equipment for bringing about deflagration
- deflazacort — A glucocorticoid prodrug used as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant.
- deflections — Plural form of deflection.
- defloration — the act of deflowering
- deflowering — Present participle of deflower.
- defoliating — Present participle of defoliate.
- defoliation — to strip (a tree, bush, etc.) of leaves.
- deforcement — (legal) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right.
- deforesting — Present participle of deforest.
- deformalize — to make (something) less formal
- deformation — the act of deforming; distortion
- deformative — making worse by alteration
- deformities — Plural form of deformity.
- 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
- detoxifying — Present participle of detoxify.
- 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.
- dinner fork — a fork used to eat the main course of a meal.
- dis-favored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disafforest — To deforest.
- disc floret — any of the small tubular flowers at the centre of the flower head of certain composite plants, such as the daisy
- discifloral — having flowers in which the receptacle is expanded into a conspicuous disk, as in composite plants.
- discomfited — Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
- discomforts — Plural form of discomfort.
- disfavoring — Present participle of disfavor.
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.
- disfavourer — one who does not favour
- disfrocking — Present participle of disfrock.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
- disinformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disinform.
- disk flower — one of a number of small tubular flowers composing the disk of certain composite plants.
- dittersdorf — Karl Ditters von [kahrl dit-uh rs fuh n] /kɑrl ˈdɪt ərs fən/ (Show IPA), 1739–99, Austrian violinist and composer.
- diversiform — differing in form; of various forms.
- do duty for — to act as a substitute for
- dobbs ferry — a town in SE New York.