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12-letter words containing c, o, l, u

  • flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
  • flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
  • flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
  • floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
  • fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
  • fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
  • fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
  • fluorocarbon — any of a class of compounds produced by substituting fluorine for hydrogen in a hydrocarbon, and characterized by great chemical stability: used chiefly as a lubricant, refrigerant, fire extinguishing agent, and in industrial and other applications in which chemical, electrical, flame, and heat resistance is essential; banned as an aerosol propellant in the U.S. because of concern about ozone layer depletion.
  • 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.
  • fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
  • fluorouracil — a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.
  • fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
  • focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
  • folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
  • food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
  • 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 old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
  • four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
  • four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
  • fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionless — Lacking a function.
  • funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
  • furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
  • galactagogue — A food or drug that promotes or increases the flow of a mother’s milk.
  • gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
  • geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
  • genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • glaucomatous — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • glaucousness — Quality of being glaucous.
  • glucogenesis — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
  • glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
  • gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
  • 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.
  • granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cloth — groundsheet.
  • ground color — Also called ground coat. a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.
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