12-letter words containing f, e, t, u
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- 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
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interfluence — the action of flowing together or merging
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf lettuce — a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- left luggage — baggage stored temporarily
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features