12-letter words containing r, u, f, i
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- in course of — in the process of
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- in honour of — If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infundibular — a funnel-shaped organ or part.
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interfluence — the action of flowing together or merging
- iron foundry — ironworks, forgery
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
- juiz de fora — a city in SE Brazil, N of Rio de Janeiro.
- kupfernickel — (archaic) cupronickel.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- 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.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- lumbriciform — resembling a lumbricus; wormlike
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- microfluidic — Of, pertaining to, or using microfluidics.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- monofluoride — (chemistry) any fluoride containing a single fluorine atom in each molecule.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mud filtrate — Mud filtrate is the liquid part of the mud which can pass through a medium and become separated from the mudcake.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.