12-letter words containing f, i, d, u
- fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- 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.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- 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.
- 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.
- folie a deux — the sharing of delusional ideas by two people who are closely associated.
- 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
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- fountainhead — a fountain or spring from which a stream flows; the head or source of a stream.
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
- full binding — a complete binding of a volume in any one material, generally leather.
- full-figured — (of a woman) having an amply proportioned or heavy body.
- fumaric acid — a colorless, odorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with maleic acid, essential to cellular respiration in most eukaryotic organisms: used in the making of synthetic resins and as a replacement for tartaric acid in beverages and baking powders.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- 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
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.