12-letter words containing a, u, r, t, i
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- fluorination — (chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- 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.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
- fruit farmer — somebody who farms or grows fruit
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
- full trailer — a trailer supported entirely by its own wheels.
- futilitarian — believing that human hopes are vain, and human strivings unjustified.
- gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- gastrulation — the formation of a gastrula.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- heterauxesis — an unequal or asymmetrical growth of cells, parts of plants or animals
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.