12-letter words containing n, e, r, d
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- forced entry — entry into a building by force, eg by forcing a lock
- fore and aft — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
- fore-and-aft — located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- forebodement — The act of foreboding.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- foredestined — Simple past tense and past participle of foredestine.
- foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
- forehandedly — Prudently, with thrift and foresight.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreordained — to ordain or appoint beforehand.
- foreordinate — foreordain.
- forked chain — branched chain.
- forty-second — next after the forty-first; being the ordinal number for 42.
- forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- fragmentized — fragmented.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- french bread — a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3).
- french broad — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing N and NW to join the Holston River at Knoxville to form the Tennessee River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
- french doors — a door having glass panes throughout or nearly throughout its length.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- french india — the five small former French territories in India, including Chandernagor, Karikal, Pondicherry, and Yanaon on the E coast, and Mahé on the W coast.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- friendliness — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frightenedly — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- frondescence — the process or period of putting forth leaves, as a tree, plant, or the like.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- 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).
- full denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.