12-letter words containing u, l, m, i
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flummadiddle — A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorometric — Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
- flutter mill — a flutter wheel, especially a small one designed as a child's plaything.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- former pupil — someone who used to attend a particular school or be a student of a particular teacher
- formula milk — An artificial substitute for breast milk intended for feeding infants. It can come in powdered form to be mixed with water or in instant liquid form.
- formula unit — (of an ionic compound that does not form molecules, as most salts) the chemical formula with the least number of elements out of the set of empirical formulas having the same proportion of ions as elements: NaCl is the formula unit for the ionic compound sodium chloride.
- formularized — Simple past tense and past participle of formularize.
- formularizer — One who formularizes.
- formularizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formularize.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fulfillments — Plural form of fulfillment.
- fulminations — Plural form of fulmination.
- funambulists — Plural form of funambulist.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glamour girl — a girl or woman whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- gospel music — a now popularized form of impassioned rhythmic spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church singing of rural blacks in the American South, central to the development of rhythm and blues and of soul music.
- 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.
- gulf of siam — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- immaculately — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.