12-letter words containing u, n, f, r, i
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fluoresceine — Alternative spelling of fluorescein.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.
- fluorination — (chemistry) The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction.
- flusteration — (colloquial, dated) The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered.
- 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.
- folding rule — a rule composed of light strips of wood joined by rivets so as to be foldable, all the opening and closing parts being in parallel planes.
- forebuilding — (architecture,historical) An outer defense work of a castle used to protect the entrance to the keep.
- 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.
- formulations — Plural form of formulation.
- fortruncible — A cross between Fortran and RUNCIBLE for the IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
- foundationer — a person supported by funds from a foundation, or serving as a member of a foundation
- four-engined — (of an aircraft) having four engines
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- 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
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- franc-tireur — a sharpshooter in the French army.
- free running — Free running is the activity of running through areas in a town, using skilful movements to jump over walls and other objects.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
- friction rub — the sound, heard through a stethoscope, made by the rubbing together of the two inflamed layers of pericardium in patients with pericarditis or of pleura in patients with pleurisy
- friend-court — amicus curiae.
- fringe group — a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- frontrunning — the practice by market makers of using advance information provided by their own investment analysts before it has been given to clients
- 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).
- 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
- frustrations — Plural form of frustration.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- furry friend — a pet, esp a cat or a dog
- furunculosis — the condition characterized by the presence of boils.
- futilitarian — believing that human hopes are vain, and human strivings unjustified.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- gender-fluid — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression is not fixed and shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- 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.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- 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.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered