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12-letter words containing s, u, r, f, a

  • forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
  • foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
  • fourses cake — a traditional English bread made with lard, dried fruit, and spices
  • fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
  • fracastorius — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 60 miles (97 km) in diameter.
  • frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
  • french sudan — former name of Mali.
  • fructosamine — (organic compound) A chemical compound that can be considered the result of a reaction between fructose and ammonia or an amine (with a molecule of water being released).
  • fruit basket — a basket containing a variety of fruits sent as a gift
  • frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
  • frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
  • fumariaceous — belonging to the plant family Fumariaceae.
  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
  • furfuraceous — of or containing bran.
  • fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
  • galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
  • gracefulness — The state of being graceful.
  • gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
  • ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
  • half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
  • half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
  • hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
  • heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
  • housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
  • insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
  • insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
  • iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
  • jaculiferous — having dartlike spines.
  • jesus freaks — a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people) originating in the early 1970s and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings.
  • laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
  • leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
  • lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
  • manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
  • mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
  • misfeaturing — distorting the features
  • misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
  • multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
  • mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
  • on all fours — all four limbs or extremities; the four legs or feet of an animal or both arms and both legs or both hands and both feet of a person: The cat rolled off the ledge but landed on all fours.
  • pasqueflower — an Old World plant, Anemone pulsatilla, of the buttercup family, having purple, crocuslike flowers blooming about Easter.
  • passionfruit — any edible fruit of a passionflower, as the maypop.
  • persian gulf — strait in the Indian Ocean
  • petaliferous — bearing or having petals.
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