12-letter words containing a, f, l, u
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- cut and fill — a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
- cut fastball — a fastball that breaks somewhat like a curve ball, due to increased pressure from the tip of the middle finger.
- cutlass fish — any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- dandrufflike — Resembling or characteristic of dandruff.
- deflocculant — a chemical added to slip to increase fluidity.
- deflocculate — to disperse, forming a colloid or suspension
- difunctional — Bifunctional.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disqualified — Simple past tense and past participle of disqualify.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disqualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disqualify.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- distastefull — Archaic form of distasteful.
- double fault — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) two faults in succession, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both.
- double-faced — practicing duplicity; hypocritical.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- duke of alba — Duke of, Alva, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo.
- dwarf laurel — a low North American shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, of the heath family, having oblong leaves poisonous to grazing animals.
- east suffolk — a former administrative division of Suffolk county, in E England.
- effectuality — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- emulsifiable — That can be emulsified, or applied in an emulsion.
- equifinality — The property of being equifinal.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- exsufflicate — Empty, inflated, frivolous.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- facial scrub — a beauty product or treatment which cleanses and exfoliates the skin of the face
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factualities — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faithfullest — Superlative form of faithful.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fall foul of — to come into conflict with
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- family album — photos of a family
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- faneuil hall — a market house and public hall in Boston, Massachusetts, called “the Cradle of Liberty” because it was used as a meeting place by American patriots immediately before the Revolutionary War.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- fascicularly — in a fascicular manner
- fasciculated — Grouped in a fascicle; fascicled.
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fatigue life — the number of applications of a given stress to which a sample of metal can be subjected before failing.
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.