12-letter words containing a, f, o, u, l
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- 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.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multifoliate — having many leaves or leaflets.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- newfoundland — a large island in E Canada. 42,734 sq. mi. (110,680 sq. km).
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonqualified — unqualified (def 1).
- normal fault — gravity fault.
- old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- patent flour — a fine grade of flour, consisting chiefly of the inner part of the endosperm.
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- poplar bluff — a city in SE Missouri.
- potato flour — a type of flour made from potatoes
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- preformulate — to describe an active pharmaceutical ingredient chemically
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- run afoul of — fall foul / afoul of, to collide with, as ships. to come into conflict with; quarrel. to make an attack; assault.