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12-letter words containing d, r, u

  • fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
  • fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
  • fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
  • fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
  • fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • friend-court — amicus curiae.
  • frondiferous — Producing fronds.
  • frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • full denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
  • full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
  • full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
  • full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
  • fumaric acid — a colorless, odorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with maleic acid, essential to cellular respiration in most eukaryotic organisms: used in the making of synthetic resins and as a replacement for tartaric acid in beverages and baking powders.
  • fund manager — A fund manager is someone whose job involves investing the money contained in a fund, for example, a mutual fund, on behalf of another person or organization.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
  • fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
  • 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.
  • garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
  • gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
  • gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
  • generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
  • geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
  • get round to — find time
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
  • glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
  • go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
  • go to ground — hide, be reclusive
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
  • golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
  • good-humored — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • 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.
  • grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
  • grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
  • grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
  • great sunday — Easter Sunday.
  • greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
  • grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
  • grid circuit — that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.
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