12-letter words containing f, u, s
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- 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.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- 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
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- nefud desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonfrivolous — not frivolous
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- of substance — wealthy
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
- out of doors — outside, outdoors
- out of focus — blurred, indistinct
- out of hours — Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of scale — If something is out of scale with the things near it, it is too big or too small in relation to them.
- out of shape — person: unfit