12-letter words containing a, f, o, u
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- 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.
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mark out for — to select for or note as selected for
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- 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.
- neo-freudian — of or relating to a group of psychoanalytic thinkers whose modifications of Freudian analytic theory place increased emphasis on ego functions and interpersonal relationships.
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurofibroma — a benign neoplasm composed of the fibrous elements of a nerve.
- 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.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- of substance — wealthy
- 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.
- opera bouffe — a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
- out of a hat — as if by magic
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- 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.
- out of shape — person: unfit
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- out-of-state — of, relating to, or from another state of the U.S.: a car with an out-of-state license plate; out-of-state vacationers.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- 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.