12-letter words containing o, u, r, s, e, l
- crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
- cumbersomely — In a cumbersome way.
- cupuliferous — of or relating to the Cupuliferae family of trees which includes oak, hazel, chestnut, etc
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- dolorousness — The quality of being dolorous.
- double doors — set of 2 doors side by side
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- double sugar — disaccharide.
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- dual-purpose — serving two functions.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- electrocutes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrocute.
- electrotonus — the change in the state of irritability and conductivity of a nerve or muscle caused by the passage of an electric current
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- eurosterling — sterling as part of a European holding
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- extraneously — In an extraneous manner.
- false colour — colour used in a computer or photographic display to help in interpreting the image, as in the use of red to show high temperatures and blue to show low temperatures in an infrared image converter
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorescence — the emission of radiation, especially of visible light, by a substance during exposure to external radiation, as light or x-rays. Compare phosphorescence (def 1).
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorometers — Plural form of fluorometer.
- fluoroscoped — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoroscope.
- fluoroscopes — Plural form of fluoroscope.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- focus puller — the member of a camera crew who adjusts the focus of the lens as the camera is tracked in or out
- forcefulness — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- foreclosures — Plural form of foreclosure.
- forepleasure — the aggregate of pleasurable sensations that lead to a heightened physical or emotional response, as of those aroused in sexual intercourse that lead to an orgasm.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- 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?
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.