12-letter words containing f, e, r, g, u
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- refugee camp — a camp for sheltering and protecting people who have fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- running fire — a rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of soldiers
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- spencer gulf — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- tongue graft — whip graft.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- underfeeding — an instance of or period of being underfed
- underfunding — insufficient funding
- unflattering — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- unforeboding — a prediction; portent.
- unforeseeing — not foreseeing
- unforgetting — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unfragmented — existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts; disorganized; disunified: a fragmented personality; a fragmented society.
- unfrightened — not frightened
- ungentrified — not gentrified; not middle class
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- unperforming — not performing