12-letter words containing s, u, i, f
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- malfunctions — Plural form of malfunction.
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- mercifulness — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- microfibrous — Composed of microscopic fibres.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- musica ficta — the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- neofeudalism — A theorized contemporary rebirth of policies of governance, economy and public life reminiscent of those present in many feudal societies.
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- nonfrivolous — not frivolous
- nun's fiddle — trumpet marine.
- obfuscations — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- out of sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- out-of-sight — Slang. fantastic; great; marvelous: an out-of-sight guitarist.
- outside-left — a footballer who plays on the outside left wing of the field
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
- pension fund — a fund created and maintained, as by a corporation, to provide benefits under a pension plan.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perfusionist — a medical technician or nurse who monitors and operates equipment that oxygenates the blood, as during open-heart surgery
- persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
- petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- plumbiferous — yielding or containing lead.
- pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quasi-famous — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- quasi-feudal — of, relating to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- resiniferous — yielding resin.