12-letter words containing o, u, t, e, r
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- front burner — Informal. a condition or position of top priority: Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.
- front runner — a person who leads in any competition.
- front-runner — In a competition or contest, the front-runner is the person who seems most likely to win it.
- frontrunners — Plural form of frontrunner.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- future-proof — (of a system, computer, program, etc) guaranteed not to be superseded by future versions, developments, etc
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get round to — find time
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
- go the route — If you go the route, you do something fully or continue with a task until you have completely finished.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- 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
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.