12-letter words containing n, e, d, f
- self-induced — induced by oneself or itself.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- self-winding — kept wound or wound periodically by a mechanism, as an electric motor or a system of weighted levers, so that winding by hand is not necessary.
- semifinished — partially or almost finished.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- sex offender — a person who has been found guilty of one or more sex crimes.
- snake feeder — a dragonfly.
- 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.
- spindle file — a device for holding bills, memos, etc., having a projecting metal spike or hooked object on which to stick papers.
- spiny-finned — having fins with sharp bony rays, as an acanthopterygian.
- stefan dušan — 1308–55, king of Serbia (1331–55), who conquered Albania (1343) and large parts of the Byzantine empire, into which he introduced legal and administrative reforms
- stiff-necked — having a stiff neck; having torticollis.
- student file — a file containing information about each student in a school, college, etc, such as demographic information and information about grades, etc
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- tender offer — a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.
- third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- toffee-nosed — stuck-up; conceited; pretentious: a toffee-nosed butler; a toffee-nosed shop.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unbefriended — having no friends or companions
- unbenefitted — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- 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
- undefendable — to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
- undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- undefinitely — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
- undefinitive — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
- undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
- underfeeding — an instance of or period of being underfed
- underfunding — insufficient funding
- underperform — If someone underperforms in something such as a sports contest, or if one thing underperforms another thing, they do not perform as well as they could, or they perform less well than the other thing.
- undersheriff — a sheriff's deputy, especially one on whom the sheriff's duties devolve when the office is vacant.