12-letter words containing s, a, f, e, d
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- false friend — a word or expression in one language that, because it resembles one in another language, is often wrongly taken to have the same meaning, for example, the French agenda which means diary, not agenda
- 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.
- false mildew — downy mildew (def 1).
- false-mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- falsehearted — Alternative spelling of false-hearted.
- familiarised — Simple past tense and past participle of familiarise.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fascinatedly — In a fascinated manner; with fascination.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- featherheads — Plural form of featherhead.
- federal case — a matter that falls within the jurisdiction of a federal court or a federal law-enforcement agency.
- federalistic — an advocate of federalism.
- 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.
- fennoscandia — region in N Europe, including Scandinavia, Finland, and the part of NW Russia west of the White Sea
- 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.
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- fingerboards — Plural form of fingerboard.
- first reader — the elected official of a church or society who conducts the services and meetings and reads from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Scriptures.
- first-grader — a child in the first grade
- fixed assets — any long-term asset, as a building, tract of land, or patent.
- flabergasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabergast.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- flat-chested — If you describe a woman as flat-chested, you mean that she has small breasts.
- flinders bar — a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents.
- florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
- foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
- foreadmonish — (rare, transitive) To admonish beforehand, or before the act or event.
- foreshadowed — Simple past tense and past participle of foreshadow.
- foreshadower — One who or that which foreshadows.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- forward sale — the sale of something that is to be delivered and paid for at a later date
- freestanding — (of sculpture or architectural elements) unattached to a supporting unit or background; standing alone.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.