12-letter words containing f, n, u
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- doubtfulness — of uncertain outcome or result.
- dreadfulness — The characteristic of being dreadful.
- dreamfulness — the quality of being full of dreams
- dumbfounding — Present participle of dumbfound.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- dysfluencies — disfluency.
- dysfunctions — Plural form of dysfunction.
- effectuating — Present participle of effectuate.
- effectuation — to bring about; effect.
- effiguration — a detailed and elaborate description of something
- effusiveness — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- egg foo yung — a dish of a pancake-shaped omelet containing a mixture of chopped foods.
- electro-funk — a type of electronic music, originating in the 1980s, characterized by the use of synthesizers with a heavy rhythm and punctuated bass, often influenced by the genres of funk and hip-hop
- equifinality — The property of being equifinal.
- eventfulness — The property of being eventful.
- exsufflation — (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
- fabulousness — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- factiousness — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- fancifulness — The quality of being fanciful.
- faneuil hall — a market house and public hall in Boston, Massachusetts, called “the Cradle of Liberty” because it was used as a meeting place by American patriots immediately before the Revolutionary War.
- fardel-bound — (of ruminants) having the food impacted in the third compartment of the stomach; costive; constipated.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- fast neutron — a neutron produced by nuclear fission that has lost little energy by collision; a neutron with a kinetic energy in excess of 0.1 MeV
- fault-finder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultfinding — the act of pointing out faults, especially faults of a petty nature; carping.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- felliniesque — referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
- fenfluramine — a sympathomimetic substance, C 12 H 16 F 3 N, formerly used mainly as an anorectic in the treatment of obesity but withdrawn from the market in 1997 because of its potential to cause valvular heart disease.
- ferroniobium — An important alloy of iron and niobium.
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fiber bundle — a flexible bundle of optical glass that transmits images.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- final clause — a clause expressing intention or purpose
- finno-ugrian — pertaining to the Finns and the Ugrians.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- fissilingual — having a forked tongue
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flexuousness — The state or condition of being flexuous.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.