12-letter words containing r, u, f, i
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.
- self-insurer — one insured under self-insurance.
- seminiferous — Anatomy. conveying or containing semen.
- serous fluid — any of various clear, watery fluids in the body.
- siliciferous — containing, combined with, or producing silica.
- simple fruit — a fruit formed from one pistil.
- sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
- sixty-fourth — next after the sixty-third; being the ordinal number for 64.
- sniff around — dog: try to pick up scent
- soboliferous — bearing or producing soboles
- sofa surfing — (of a homeless person) the practice of staying temporarily with various friends and relatives while attempting to find permanent accommodation
- solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
- soporiferous — bringing sleep; soporific.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- square serif — a font of type having serifs with a weight equal to or greater than that of the main strokes. Compare Egyptian (def 5).
- squirrelfish — any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
- stanniferous — containing tin; tin-bearing
- stelliferous — having or abounding with stars.
- 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.
- stick up for — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- strike fault — a fault that trends parallel to the strike of the strata that it offsets.
- subfactorial — the number of ways a group of objects can be arranged so that none of the objects are in their original or correct place
- subfertility — below-average fertility
- sudoriferous — bearing or secreting sweat.
- suffruticose — woody at the base and herbaceous above.
- sugaring off — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surface mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by truck, train, or boat, as opposed to airmail.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- 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)
- thiosulfuric — of or derived from thiosulfuric acid.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
- trifurcation — to divide into three forks or branches.
- triple fugue — a fugue with a subject and two countersubjects developed simultaneously.
- true to life — realistic
- trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
- tuberiferous — bearing or producing tubers
- tubuliferous — bearing or made up of tubules.
- tubulifloral — (of a plant) tubuliflorous
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- tutti-frutti — a preserve of chopped mixed fruits, often with brandy syrup.
- ultraleftist — ultraleft.