12-letter words containing t, u, r, f, e
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fourth grade — school year: age 9-10
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- frankfurters — Plural form of frankfurter.
- fraudulently — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- free thought — thought unrestrained by deference to authority, tradition, or established belief, especially in matters of religion.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- frequentable — Accessible.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- front burner — Informal. a condition or position of top priority: Put the project on the front burner and finish it as soon as possible.
- front runner — a person who leads in any competition.
- front-runner — In a competition or contest, the front-runner is the person who seems most likely to win it.
- frontrunners — Plural form of frontrunner.
- fructiferous — fruit-bearing; producing fruit.
- 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
- fruit farmer — somebody who farms or grows fruit
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- fruitfulness — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- frumentation — (in ancient Rome) a public donation of grain, often given to citizens during times of unease
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- full denture — an artificial replacement of one or several of the teeth (partial denture) or all of the teeth (full denture) of either or both jaws; dental prosthesis.
- full trailer — a trailer supported entirely by its own wheels.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- future tense — grammar: will do, etc.
- future value — the value that a sum of money invested at compound interest will have after a specified period
- future-proof — (of a system, computer, program, etc) guaranteed not to be superseded by future versions, developments, etc
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- 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.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- interdiffuse — (of two or more fluids) to diffuse mutually
- interfaculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- interfluence — the action of flowing together or merging