12-letter words starting with fu
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
- fusidic acid — an antibiotic substance used to treat skin infections
- futilitarian — believing that human hopes are vain, and human strivings unjustified.
- futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- future tense — grammar: will do, etc.
- future value — the value that a sum of money invested at compound interest will have after a specified period
- future-proof — (of a system, computer, program, etc) guaranteed not to be superseded by future versions, developments, etc
- futurologist — (sometimes initial capital letter) a follower of futurism, especially an artist or writer.
- fuzzy subset — In fuzzy logic, a fuzzy subset F of a set S is defined by a "membership function" which gives the degree of membership of each element of S belonging to F.
- fuzzy-headed — not given to clear thinking; foolish.