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12-letter words containing o, r, d, e

  • field cornet — a commander of burgher troops called up in time of war or in an emergency, esp during the 19th century
  • field ration — ration issued and authorized for troops in the field.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
  • field-holler — a cry employing falsetto, portamento, and sudden changes of pitch, used in African-American work songs, later integrated into the techniques of the blues
  • fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
  • firing order — the sequence of ignition in the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine
  • 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
  • flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • floppy drive — disk drive
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • flower child — (especially in the 1960s) a young person, especially a hippie, rejecting conventional society and advocating love, peace, and simple, idealistic values.
  • fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • 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 allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • foot soldier — an infantryman.
  • footsoldiers — Plural form of footsoldier.
  • 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
  • forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
  • forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
  • 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.
  • foregathered — Simple past tense and past participle of foregather.
  • 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.
  • foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
  • foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
  • forked chain — branched chain.
  • formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
  • formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
  • formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
  • fort detrick — a military reservation in N Maryland, NW of Frederick.
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