11-letter words containing a, f, u
- double flat — a symbol () that lowers the pitch of the note following it by two semitones.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
- duffel coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- duffle coat — a hooded overcoat of sturdy wool, usually knee-length and with frog fasteners.
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- easefulness — State of being easeful, or a quality of promoting ease and tranquillity.
- effectually — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effectuated — to bring about; effect.
- effectuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effectuate.
- efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- entomofauna — the insect life of a region
- fabulicious — (slang) Exceptionally fabulous and appealing.
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- factualness — Factuality.
- facultative — conferring a faculty, privilege, permission, or the power of doing or not doing something: a facultative enactment.
- fair dinkum — dinkum.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fairy queen — the queen of the fairies
- falling-out — a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
- family unit — a social group traditionally consisting of parents and children
- fantabulous — extremely fine or desirable; excellent; wonderful.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farm bureau — American Farm Bureau Federation.
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- fart around — a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fasciculate — arranged in a fascicle or fascicles.
- fast casual — a style of fast food involving healthier, fresher, and more varied dishes than traditional fast food, served in more attractive surroundings
- fat-soluble — soluble in oils or fats.
- fatefulness — The quality of being fateful.
- fatiguingly — In a fatiguing manner.
- fatiloquent — Prophetic; speaking of fate.
- fatty tumor — lipoma.
- fatuousness — The characteristic of being fatuous.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- fault block — a mass of rock bounded on at least two opposite sides by faults.
- fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- faultlessly — In a faultless manner.
- fauxbourdon — Music. a 15th-century compositional technique employing three voices, the upper and lower voices progressing an octave or a sixth apart while the middle voice extemporaneously doubles the upper part at a fourth below.
- favellidium — (in certain red algae) a cystocarp wholly or partly immersed in a frond.
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
- fear-naught — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- fearfulness — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.