12-letter words containing s, u, r, f
- muscle fibre — any of the numerous elongated contractile cells that make up striated muscle
- mutessarifat — a province governed by a mutessarif
- nefud desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- neurofibrils — Plural form of neurofibril.
- nonfrivolous — not frivolous
- office hours — hours when a business is open
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- 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.
- out of doors — outside, outdoors
- out of hours — Something that happens out of hours happens at a time that is not during the usual hours of business or work.
- out of sorts — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- out-of-doors — Also, out-of-door. outdoor.
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- 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.
- 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.
- postfracture — taking place after a fracture
- powerfulness — having or exerting great power or force.
- 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.
- pro-suffrage — the right to vote, especially in a political election.
- profoundness — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- pseudo force — any force that is postulated to account for apparent deviations from Newton's laws of motion appearing in an accelerated reference system.
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- push forward — keep advancing
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyrosulfuric — of or derived from pyrosulfuric acid; disulfuric.
- quarterstaff — a former English weapon consisting of a stout pole 6 to 8 feet (1.8 to 2.4 meters) long, tipped with iron.
- refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- refuse lorry — a lorry used to collect and dispose of rubbish and waste from homes, etc
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- resiniferous — yielding resin.
- respectfully — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
- rustproofing — the process of making metal rustproof.
- safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
- safe surfing — the practice of using security measures to protect one's computer while surfing the internet
- salutiferous — salutary.
- sanguiferous — conveying blood, as a blood vessel.
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- seleniferous — containing or yielding selenium.