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12-letter words containing f, e, u, r

  • flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
  • flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
  • floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
  • flour beetle — any of several brown darkling beetles, especially of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce.
  • flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
  • flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
  • flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
  • fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
  • fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
  • fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
  • fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
  • fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
  • fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
  • fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
  • fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
  • fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
  • fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
  • fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
  • fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
  • fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
  • flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
  • flutter kick — a swimming kick in which the legs make rapid alternate up-and-down movements while the knees remain rigid, as in the crawl.
  • flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
  • flutterballs — Plural form of flutterball.
  • flutterboard — a kickboard.
  • fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
  • flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
  • focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
  • folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
  • food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
  • forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
  • forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
  • foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
  • foregrounded — Simple past tense and past participle of foreground.
  • 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?
  • former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
  • formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
  • formularizer — One who formularizes.
  • formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
  • fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
  • foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
  • foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
  • four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
  • four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
  • 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-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
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