12-letter words containing f, u, n, s
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- future tense — grammar: will do, etc.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- 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.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- guilefulness — The quality of being guileful; cunning or deceit.
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- 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.
- 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 course of — in the process of
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- 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.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jelly fungus — any of various fungi of the order Tremellales, distinguished by gelatinous basidiocarp.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time