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12-letter words containing f, u, c, l

  • fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
  • fluorouracil — a pyrimidine analog, C 4 H 3 FN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of certain cancers.
  • fluosilicate — a salt of fluosilicic acid.
  • flush-decked — having a weather deck flush with the hull.
  • 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.
  • focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
  • folliculitis — inflammation of hair follicles.
  • food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
  • forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
  • foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
  • formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • 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.
  • four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
  • four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
  • fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
  • fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
  • fujita scale — a scale for expressing the intensity of a tornado, ranging from F0 (light damage) to F5 (incredible damage)
  • full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
  • functionable — functional (def 3).
  • functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • functionless — Lacking a function.
  • fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
  • funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
  • furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
  • fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
  • 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.
  • gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
  • 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
  • hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
  • 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 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.
  • lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
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