12-letter words containing s, u, r, f
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- 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.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- 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.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- 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.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in course of — in the process of
- insufferable — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- insufferably — not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable: their insufferable insolence.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- 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.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lower fungus — any of various fungi that do not produce well-organized fruiting bodies and primarily reproduce asexually, as the chytrids.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- luminiferous — producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.
- manufactures — Plural form of manufacture.
- mass funeral — a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
- 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.
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- misfeaturing — distorting the features
- misfortunate — Having suffered misfortune; pitiable.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mournfulness — The property of being mournful.
- multifarious — having many different parts, elements, forms, etc.
- multiflorous — bearing many flowers, as a peduncle.
- murfreesboro — a city in central Tennessee: battle of Stone River (or Murfreesboro) 1862.
- muscle fiber — one of the structural cells of a muscle.