12-letter words containing s, e, l, f, a, d
- 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.
- 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.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
- visual field — field of vision.
- well-staffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.