12-letter words containing m, e, r, l
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorochrome — any of a group of fluorescent dyes used to label biological material.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- foot-lambert — a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL.
- for all time — forever, for eternity
- formal cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- formaldehyde — a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics.
- formalizable — Capable of being formalized.
- former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
- formlessness — The quality of being formless.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fort laramie — a city in SE Wyoming.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- franked mail — official mail sent by members of Congress, the vice president, and other authorized officials. Compare frank1 (defs 6–9).
- fraternalism — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- freezer film — a thin polythene material used to wrap food that is to be frozen
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gamal nasser — Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gormlessness — The state of being gormless.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.