12-letter words containing f, l, u, c, t
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- 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.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
- 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.
- folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- 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.
- 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
- joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf lettuce — a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- multifaceted — Having many facets.
- multifractal — (mathematics) Describing a system that is fractal in multiple ways.
- multifurcate — forked; branching.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- neglectfully — In a neglectful manner.
- out of place — a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- solifluction — creep (def 22a).
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- sufficiently — adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- touchy-feely — Informal. emphasizing or marked by emotional openness and enthusiastic physicality: a touchy-feely encounter group.
- ultracareful — extremely or especially careful
- unartificial — not showing art or skill; not skilled or artistic
- unconfutable — to prove to be false, invalid, or defective; disprove: to confute an argument.