12-letter words containing a, l, s, o, u
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equalisation — Alternative spelling of equalization.
- equinoctials — Plural form of equinoctial.
- eskimo-aleut — (designating or of) a family of languages including Aleut and the Eskimo languages
- eulogistical — Alternative form of eulogistic.
- exalbuminous — (of a seed embryo) having no albumen
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- expostulated — Simple past tense and past participle of expostulate.
- expostulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of expostulate.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- 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
- fastidiously — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
- fauxmosexual — (slang) A heterosexual person who affects homosexual characteristics.
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fort pulaski — Count Casimir [kaz-uh-meer] /ˈkæz əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1748–79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.
- fortran-plus — Fortran for the DAP parallel machine, implements many Fortran 90 features.
- foul-tasting — having a very unpleasant taste
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gallup polls — a representative sampling of public opinion or public awareness concerning a certain subject or issue.
- galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns