12-letter words containing u, f, o, l
- foundational — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- four old cat — three old cat played with four batters.
- four-channel — Audio. quadraphonic.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- four-o'clock — a common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon.
- four-walling — a form of distribution and exhibition, esp. of films, in which a distributor or producer rents a theater for a fixed amount, pays all advertising and operating costs, and collects all box-office receipts
- four-wheeler — a four-wheel vehicle, especially a hackney carriage.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- fourteenthly — in (the) fourteenth place
- fourth world — the world's most poverty-stricken nations, especially in Africa and Asia, marked by very low GNP per capita and great dependence upon foreign economic aid.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fox squirrel — any of several North American arboreal squirrels varying in color and of an exceptionally large size.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- full forward — an attacking player who plays in the centre of the forward line
- full frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- full powered — (of a vessel) relying on engines for propulsion without assistance from sails.
- full-blooded — of unmixed ancestry; thoroughbred: a full-blooded Cherokee.
- full-frontal — showing the entire front: full-frontal nudity.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- fully booked — having no vacancies or spaces
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
- functionable — functional (def 3).
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functionless — Lacking a function.
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- funnel cloud — a rapidly rotating funnel-shaped cloud extending downward from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, which, if it touches the surface of the earth, is a tornado or waterspout.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- 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 fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
- guide fossil — index fossil.
- gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- gulf of suez — the NW arm of the Red Sea: linked with the Mediterranean by the Suez Canal
- half an hour — 30 minutes
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.