9-letter words containing a, f, u
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- easefully — In an easeful way.
- effectual — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effluvial — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- enflurane — A volatile organic liquid used as a general anesthetic.
- epifaunal — relating to epifauna
- equifinal — That have the same outcome, end or result.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- fabricius — Johan Christian [yoh-hahn kris-chuh n;; Danish yoh-hahn kris-tyahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- fabulists — Plural form of fabulist.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- factually — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faculty's — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- fainaigue — British Dialect. to shirk; evade work or responsibility.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- faithfull — Archaic spelling of faithful.
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- fall thru — fall through
- famagusta — a seaport on the E coast of Cyprus, on an inlet of the Mediterranean: castle; large cathedral (now a mosque).
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- fan vault — a vault composed of a number of concave conoidal surfaces, usually four, springing from the corners of the vaulting compartment and touching or intersecting at the top, often decorated with ribs.
- fancifull — Archaic form of fanciful.
- fantasque — a fantasy, a fancy
- far-flung — extending over a great distance.
- farceuses — Plural form of farceuse.
- farcy bud — an ulcerated swelling, produced in farcy.
- faribault — a city in SE Minnesota.
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- fascicule — a fascicle, especially of a book.
- fasciculi — a fascicle, as of nerve or muscle fibers.
- fast buck — money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck.
- fastigium — the highest point of a fever or disease; the period of greatest development of an infection.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- fatefully — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- fatiguing — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- fatten up — To fatten up an animal or person means to make them fatter, by forcing or encouraging them to eat more food.
- fatuities — Plural form of fatuity.
- fatuitous — complacently stupid; foolish.