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12-letter words containing c, e, r, u

  • fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
  • fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
  • fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
  • fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
  • flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
  • focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
  • foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
  • 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?
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
  • four-corners — a point in the SW U.S., at the intersection of 37° N latitude and 109° W longitude, where the boundaries of four states—Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico—meet: the only such point in the U.S.
  • fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
  • franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
  • free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
  • french curve — a flat drafting instrument, usually consisting of a sheet of clear plastic, the edges of which are cut into several scroll-like curves enabling a draftsperson to draw lines of varying curvature.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
  • 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-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
  • furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
  • future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
  • gear cluster — an assembly of gears permanently attached to a shaft
  • generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
  • geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • gift voucher — gift certificate.
  • glass cutter — a tool for cutting glass.
  • glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
  • gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
  • gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
  • graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
  • graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
  • grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • grass cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
  • grass-cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
  • greek church — Greek Orthodox Church (def 1).
  • grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
  • ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
  • ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
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