12-letter words containing g, u, t, f
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- 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.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- half-turning — split spindle.
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- 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.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- k'ung fu-tzu — Chinese name of Confucius.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- left luggage — baggage stored temporarily
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- neglectfully — In a neglectful manner.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- out of sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- out-of-sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- recentrifuge — to subject (a liquid) to the action of a centrifuge again
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- stauffenberg — Claus (klaʊs), Graf von. 1907–44, German army officer, who tried to assassinate Hitler (1944). He and his fellow conspirators were executed
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stuffing box — a device for preventing leakage of gases or liquids along a moving rod or shaft at the point at which it leaves a cylinder, tank, ship hull, etc.
- stuffing nut — a large nut that is tightened to compress the packing in a stuffing box
- stunt flying — the activity or practice of performing stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- tempus fugit — time flies
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)