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11-letter words containing a, f, u

  • passo fundo — a city in S Brazil.
  • plain flour — ground wheat with no raising agent
  • planuliform — resembling a planula
  • playfulness — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
  • pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
  • ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
  • poke fun at — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
  • pousse-cafe — an after-dinner drink of liqueurs of various colors and specific gravities, carefully poured into a glass so as to remain floating in separate layers.
  • prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
  • prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
  • puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
  • purificator — the linen cloth used by the celebrant for wiping the chalice after each communicant has drunk from it.
  • put forward — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
  • pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
  • qualifiable — capable of being qualified: qualifiable statements.
  • qualifiedly — With qualification; conditionally.
  • quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
  • quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
  • quarter cif — (communications, standard)   (QCIF), a video format standard used in videoconferencing, that transfers one fourth as much data as Common Intermediate Format (CIF). QCIF is defined in ITU H.261 as having 144 lines and 176 pixels per line, with half as many chrominance pixels in each direction. QCIF is suitable for videoconferencing systems that use telephone lines. The codec standard specifies that QCIF compatibility is mandatory, and CIF compatibility is optional.
  • quarterlife — designating the period of life immediately following adolescence, usually the early twenties to early thirties
  • quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
  • read out of — to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
  • reformulate — to formulate again.
  • refuellable — capable of being refuelled
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • requalified — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
  • return fare — the fare charged for a return journey; a two-way fare
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • rough draft — writing: unfinished version
  • round-faced — having a face that is round.
  • royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
  • rubefacient — causing redness of the skin, as a medicinal application.
  • rubefaction — the act or process of making red, especially with a rubefacient.
  • rule of law — the principle that all people and institutions are subject to and accountable to law that is fairly applied and enforced; the principle of government by law.
  • run a fever — have a high temperature
  • rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
  • sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
  • safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
  • safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
  • safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
  • scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
  • schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
  • scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
  • self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
  • shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
  • shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
  • sioux falls — a city in SE South Dakota.
  • small stuff — small cordage, as marlines, yarns, etc.
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