12-letter words containing f, i, l, u
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- 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.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- 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).
- iguaçú falls — a waterfall on the border between Brazil and Argentina, on the Iguaçú River: divided into hundreds of separate falls by forested rocky islands. Width: about 4 km (2.5 miles). Height: 82 m (269 ft)
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in full flow — Someone who is in full flow is talking easily and continuously and seems likely to go on talking for some time.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- 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.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- infundibulum — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- 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.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- 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
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.