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12-letter words containing f, i, g, u, r

  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • 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.
  • giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
  • gift voucher — gift certificate.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
  • half-turning — split spindle.
  • haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
  • lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
  • ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
  • 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
  • offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
  • overfatigued — excessively fatigued
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
  • 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
  • running gaff — the hoisting gaff.
  • rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
  • safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
  • sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
  • saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
  • sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
  • 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.
  • sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • 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)
  • triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
  • turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • uncomforting — affording comfort or solace.
  • unconforming — to act in accordance or harmony; comply (usually followed by to): to conform to rules.
  • 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.
  • unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
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