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12-letter words containing o, d, f

  • forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
  • forward gear — a gear in a vehicle that is used when the vehicle is moving forward
  • forward line — the soldiers at the forward most position in an army force
  • forward pass — a pass in which the ball is thrown in the direction of advance toward the opponent's goal.
  • forward post — the position held by a soldier on the forward line
  • forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
  • forward rate — the agreed price for something that is to be bought or sold at a later date
  • forward roll — a gymnastic movement in which the body is turned heels over head with the back of the neck resting on the ground
  • forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
  • foster child — a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
  • found object — a natural or manufactured object that is perceived as being aesthetically satisfying and exhibited as such.
  • foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
  • foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
  • foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
  • foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
  • fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
  • four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
  • four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
  • four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
  • four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
  • fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
  • fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
  • fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
  • fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
  • freedom food — (in Britain) food that is produced by farmers conforming to the guidelines for humane farming set by the Freedom Food programme set up by the RSPCA in conjunction with some major supermarkets
  • freedom ride — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
  • 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.
  • fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • 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).
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
  • full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
  • full-blooded — of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred: a full-blooded Cherokee.
  • full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
  • fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
  • fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
  • funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
  • gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
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