12-letter words containing d, u, s
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
- fleur-de-lys — fleur-de-lis (defs 1, 2).
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- food subsidy — a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, farmers, or consumers, in order to make low-cost food available to the poor
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- fusidic acid — an antibiotic substance used to treat skin infections
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- groundedness — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- grudgingness — The state or quality of grudging.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- guelder rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.