12-letter words containing f, u, n, i, c
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- function key — a key on a computer keyboard or terminal that, when pressed, alone or in combination with other keys, causes a specific computational or mechanical operation to be carried out.
- 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
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in course of — in the process of
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- 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.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- 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
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- liquefacient — something that liquefies or promotes liquefaction.
- liquefaction — the act or process of liquefying or making liquid.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- metafunction — (computing, programming) A function which calls all the other functions of a certain program; the only function that can be called independently.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- munificently — In a munificent manner.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- noninfluence — a lack of influence, failure to influence
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- pudding-face — a human face that is big and fat and resembles a pudding
- pulp fiction — fiction dealing with lurid or sensational subjects, often printed on rough, low-quality paper manufactured from wood pulp.
- purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.