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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
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