12-letter words containing s, i, l, u, r, e
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
- desulfurized — Simple past tense and past participle of desulfurize.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disgracefull — Archaic form of disgraceful.
- disgruntedly — In a disgruntled manner.
- disqualifier — One who, or that which, disqualifies.
- disregardful — neglectful; careless.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- distrustless — without suspicion or distrust
- doloriferous — causing pain or sadness, dolorific
- double first — a first in two subjects.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- equilaterals — Plural form of equilateral.
- equilibrants — Plural form of equilibrant.
- equilibrious — In equilibrium; balanced.
- equilibrists — Plural form of equilibrist.
- equilibriums — Plural form of equilibrium.
- 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 " />.
- extramusical — outside the field or scope of music
- false cirrus — a type of thick cirrus cloud spreading from the top of a cumulonimbus cloud
- field circus — A derogatory pun on "field service". The field service organisation of any hardware manufacturer, but especially DEC. There is an entire genre of jokes about DEC field circus engineers: Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer with a flat tire? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. Q: How can you recognise a DEC field circus engineer who is out of gas? A: He's changing one tire at a time to see which one is flat. See Easter egging for additional insight on these jokes. There is also the "Field Circus Cheer" (from the plan file for DEC on MIT-AI): Maynard! Maynard! Don't mess with us! We're mean and we're tough! If you get us confused We'll screw up your stuff. (DEC's service HQ is located in Maynard, Massachusetts).
- file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flammiferous — flame-producing
- fleur-de-lis — a heraldic device somewhat resembling three petals or floral segments of an iris tied by an encircling band.
- flickermouse — Alternative form of flittermouse.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- fruitfulness — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.