12-letter words containing o, n, d
- 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.
- flemish bond — a brickwork bond having alternate stretchers and headers in each course, each header being centered above and below a stretcher.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- 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.
- folding door — a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened.
- 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.
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- 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 counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- food science — the study of the nature of foods and the changes that occur in them naturally and as a result of handling and processing.
- foodlessness — Absence of food.
- foot-binding — (formerly in China) the act or practice of tightly binding the feet of infant girls to keep the feet as small as possible.
- 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.
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- for a wonder — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- forbiddingly — In a forbidding manner.
- 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.
- fort madison — a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi.
- 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
- 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-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
- fractionated — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionate.
- 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.