12-letter words containing s, e, t, f
- fulfillments — Plural form of fulfillment.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- future tense — grammar: will do, etc.
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- gefilte fish — a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- gesellschaft — an association of individuals for common goals, as for entertainment, intellectual, or cultural purposes or for business reasons.
- get stuffed! — an exclamation of contemptuous anger or annoyance, esp against another person
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- head for sth — If you a have a head for something, you can deal with it easily. For example, if you have a head for figures, you can do arithmetic easily, and if you have a head for heights, you can climb to a great height without feeling afraid.
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in the flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- infanticides — Plural form of infanticide.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicities — Plural form of infelicity.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infestations — Plural form of infestation.
- infidelities — marital disloyalty; adultery.
- infinite set — (mathematics) A set with an infinite number of elements. There are several possible definitions, e.g. (i) ("Dedekind infinite") A set X is infinite if there exists a bijection (one-to-one mapping) between X and some proper subset of X. (ii) A set X is infinite if there exists an injection from N (the set of natural numbers) to X. In the presence of the Axiom of Choice all such definitions are equivalent.
- infiniteness — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
- inflorescent — Of, pertaining to or causing inflorescence.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- intensifiers — Plural form of intensifier.
- intensifying — Present participle of intensify.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually