12-letter words containing e, o, u, s
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- forequarters — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- 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?
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fossil fuels — any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
- 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.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- frontrunners — Plural form of frontrunner.
- 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).
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gallinaceous — pertaining to or resembling the domestic fowls.
- gamopetalous — having the petals united.
- gamosepalous — having the sepals united.
- gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- generousness — The quality of being generous; generosity.
- genioglossus — (anatomy) A muscle that runs from the mandible to the tongue.
- gentilitious — relating to a gens
- geopressured — subject to geostatic pressure.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- ghoulishness — The quality of being ghoulish.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns