12-letter words containing f, l, u, r
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
- 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.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- 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.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- labour force — The labour force consists of all the people who are able to work in a country or area, or all the people who work for a particular company.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- 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
- look out for — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- manufactural — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.