12-letter words containing f, r, u, i, t, o
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- 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.
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- multiformity — having many different shapes, forms, or kinds.
- out of print — of, for, or comprising newspapers and magazines: print media.
- out-of-print — being no longer published; no longer printed or reprinted: a bookstore specializing in out-of-print books.
- outer office — the reception area of an office, outside of the main working area
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- putrefaction — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- qualificator — (in an ecclesiastical court) an officer charged with examining cases and preparing them for trial.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- 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
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- 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)
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- true to life — realistic
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers