12-letter words containing u, t, f
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- 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
- gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- highfaluting — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- 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).
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ignis fatuus — Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a flutter — agitated, flustered
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infectiously — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- influentials — Plural form of influential.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- infrequently — happening or occurring at long intervals or rarely: infrequent visits.
- infusibility — Incapability or difficulty of being fused, melted, or dissolved.
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insufficient — not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required: an insufficient answer.
- insufflation — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- 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
- iron sulfate — ferrous sulfate.
- joule effect — the generation of heat by the passage of electricity through a resistance.
- junction fet — Junction Field Effect Transistor
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- k'ung fu-tse — Chinese name of Confucius.
- k'ung fu-tzu — Chinese name of Confucius.
- laticiferous — bearing or containing latex.
- latifundista — the owner of a latifundio in Latin America or Spain.
- leaf lettuce — a type of lettuce having loosely clustered, often curled leaves that are sometimes tinged with red.
- leaf mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.