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12-letter words containing s, a, l, d, f

  • 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
  • florida keys — chain of small islands extending southwest from the S tip of Fla.
  • florida moss — Spanish moss.
  • fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
  • flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
  • folding seat — a seat that can be folded down
  • foolhardiest — Superlative form of foolhardy.
  • 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
  • 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 silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • 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.
  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
  • indefeasible — not defeasible; not to be annulled or made void; not forfeitable.
  • indefeasibly — In an indefeasible manner.
  • indefinables — Plural form of indefinable.
  • inflamedness — The state or quality of being inflamed.
  • isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
  • latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • macclesfield — a market town in NW England, in Cheshire: former centre of the silk industry; pharmaceuticals, services. Pop: 50 688 (2001)
  • manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
  • neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
  • off-islander — a temporary or seasonal resident of an island; island visitor or tourist.
  • oldfashioned — Rare spelling of old-fashioned.
  • powder flask — a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.
  • quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
  • reclassified — to classify anew.
  • safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • sand-floated — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar rubbed with sand and floated when it has partly set.
  • scalar field — a region with a number assigned at each point.
  • sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
  • self-assured — self-confident.
  • self-command — self-control.
  • self-created — to cause to come into being, as something unique that would not naturally evolve or that is not made by ordinary processes.
  • self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
  • self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
  • self-disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
  • self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  • self-treated — to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way: to treat someone with respect.
  • several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
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