12-letter words containing f, r, a, n
- counter-fact — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- craft centre — a large shop that sells craftwork
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- craniofacial — relating to both the cranium and the face
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- crinkle leaf — a disease of plants, characterized by puckering, mottling, and distortion of the leaves, caused by any of several viruses.
- currant loaf — a loaf-shaped fruit cake containing currants
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- dame fortune — the personification of fortune as a woman
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- deafferented — Simple past tense and past participle of deafferent.
- defenestrate — to throw (a person or a thing) out of a window
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- deformations — Plural form of deformation.
- defragmented — Simple past tense and past participle of defragment.
- defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
- defraudation — (obsolete) The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud.
- dibenzofuran — an organic compound (C12H8O) composed of two benzene rings fused to a central furan ring
- differentiae — Plural form of differentia.
- differential — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- diffrangible — capable of being diffracted
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- draft animal — an animal used for pulling heavy loads.
- draftsperson — a person employed in making mechanical drawings, especially in an architectural or engineering firm.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- dwarf cornel — the bunchberry.
- dwarf planet — a spherical celestial body revolving about the sun, similar to a planet but not large enough to gravitationally clear its orbital region of most or all other celestial bodies. Pluto is a dwarf planet.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- east african — of or relating to East Africa or its inhabitants
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- entrance fee — cost of admission
- exfiltration — (military) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory).
- fabrications — Plural form of fabrication.
- face-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each face of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- fainthearted — lacking courage; cowardly; timorous.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fair-skinned — having pale skin; pale-complexioned
- fairnitickle — a freckle resembling a fern seed
- falling door — flap door (def 1).