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12-letter words containing o, d, a, l

  • enciclopedia — Misspelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
  • endocervical — Within a cervix.
  • endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
  • endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
  • endoskeletal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to an internal skeleton, usually of bone (an endoskeleton).
  • endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
  • endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
  • endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
  • epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
  • episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
  • ethical code — an ethical code is a set of moral principles used to govern the conduct of a profession
  • expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
  • extrapolated — Simple past tense and past participle of extrapolate.
  • fall down on — to fail or be unsuccessful in (a job, etc.)
  • fall forward — (communications)   A feature of a modem protocol where two modems which fall back to a lower speed because of data corruption can later return to the higher speed if the connection improves.
  • falling door — flap door (def 1).
  • false indigo — any of several North American shrubs belonging to the genus Amorpha, of the legume family, especially A. fruticosa, having compound leaves with pinnate leaflets and long, dense clusters of purplish flowers.
  • fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
  • fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
  • feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
  • fidel castro — Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • fig marigold — any of various plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, having showy flowers of white, yellow, or pink.
  • flameproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of flameproof.
  • flannelboard — a flannel-covered surface to which other flannel pieces, as letters of the alphabet, numbers, etc., adhere merely by contact, used mainly in schools as a visual aid.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • flashforward — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which a future event or scene is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
  • float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
  • float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
  • flood basalt — a very extensive lava flow of basaltic composition that has issued from a fissure, often to be found as part of a series of such flows one on top of another, forming a plateau
  • flood damage — damage to property caused by floodwater
  • floor leader — the majority leader or minority leader in either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
  • floor trader — a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for his or her own account.
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • florida moss — Spanish moss.
  • florida room — a sunroom.
  • fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
  • fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
  • fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • foamed metal — a uniform foamlike metal structure produced when hydrogen bubbles are evolved from metal hydrides uniformly dispersed throughout a host metal or metal alloy: used as a structural material because of its shock-absorbing properties and light weight.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
  • folinic acid — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 20 H 23 N 7 O 7 , produced by fermentation or derived from folic acid, used in medicine in the treatment of certain anemias.
  • food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
  • food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • foot-poundal — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one poundal when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-pdl.
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