12-letter words containing f, u, n, i
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- 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.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- futilitarian — believing that human hopes are vain, and human strivings unjustified.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- guilefulness — The quality of being guileful; cunning or deceit.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in course of — in the process of
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- in full flow — Someone who is in full flow is talking easily and continuously and seems likely to go on talking for some time.
- in honour of — If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infamousness — The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- 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.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- infundibulum — a funnel-shaped organ or part.