12-letter words containing u, t, f
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- fibrous root — a root, as in most grasses, having numerous, very fine branches of approximately the same length.
- fictitiously — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- fifty-fourth — next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
- fight it out — a battle or combat.
- figurability — the quality of being figurable
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- figure skate — a shoe skate used in figure skating, especially one having a blade shorter than that of a racing skate, usually not extending beyond the toe or heel, and with notches or sawteeth on the curved forward edge.
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- file request — 1. The FidoNet equivalent of FTP, in which one BBS system automatically dials another and snarfs one or more files. Often abbreviated "FReq"; files are often announced as being "available for FReq" in the same way that files are announced as being "available for/by anonymous FTP" on the Internet. 2. The act of getting a copy of a file by using the File Request option of the BBS mailer.
- filibustered — Simple past tense and past participle of filibuster.
- filibusterer — A person who filibusters.
- fillibusters — Plural form of fillibuster.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fipple flute — a recorder or other flutelike instrument equipped with a fipple.
- fire curtain — safety curtain.
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- first cousin — cousin (def 1).
- first fruits — The first fruits of a project or activity are the earliest results or profits.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- fixture list — a list of the games that a team is scheduled to play
- flagitiously — In a flagitious manner.
- flammulation — a small flame-shaped marking, esp those seen on some birds
- flannelmouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flat-hunting — the activity of looking for a flat in which to live
- flatterously — in a flatterous manner
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flittermouse — bat2 (def 1).
- float around — A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
- flocculating — Present participle of flocculate.
- flocculation — to form into flocculent masses.
- floriculture — the cultivation of flowers or flowering plants, especially for ornamental purposes.
- flour beetle — any of several brown darkling beetles, especially of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce.
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- flow country — an area of moorland and peat bogs in northern Scotland known for its wildlife, now partly afforested
- fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.
- fluid assets — assets that are in the form of cash or easily convertible into cash
- fluidextract — a liquid preparation, containing alcohol as a solvent or as a preservative, that contains in each cubic centimeter the medicinal activity of one gram of the crude drug in powdered form.
- fluidization — The act or process of fluidizing.
- fluoranthene — (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene ring attached to each of the rings of a naphthalene molecule; it is carcinogenic, and is a product of incomplete combustion.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fluorescents — Plural form of fluorescent.
- fluoridating — Present participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridation — the addition of fluorides to the public water supply to reduce the incidence of tooth decay.
- fluorimeters — Plural form of fluorimeter.
- fluorimetric — Alternative form of fluorometric.
- fluorinating — Present participle of fluorinate.