9-letter words containing c, i, u
- festucine — (obsolete) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- fettucine — Misspelling of fettuccine.
- fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- fire-cure — to cure (tobacco) by means of open fires, the smoke and flame imparting a creosotic flavor.
- firetruck — (US) A vehicle equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- fish duck — merganser.
- fisticuff — a cuff or blow with the fist.
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- flouncing — a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- focusings — Plural form of focusing.
- focussing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fonticuli — fontanelles
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fraîcheur — freshness
- frictious — (rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fructidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.
- fruit cup — an assortment of fruits cut into sections or pieces and served in a cup or a glass as an appetizer or dessert.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- fruticous — (botany) fruticose.
- fuck with — to have sexual intercourse with.
- fucking a — an emphatic exclamation of approval
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- functions — Plural form of function.
- fungicide — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- funicular — of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.
- funiculus — Anatomy. a conducting cord, as a nerve cord or umbilical cord.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- furcation — forked; branching.
- furnacing — Present participle of furnace.
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- gemutlich — comfortable and pleasant; cozy.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- glucoside — any of an extensive group of compounds that yield glucose and some other substance or substances when treated with a dilute acid or decomposed by a ferment or enzyme.
- go public — of, relating to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- grouchier — Comparative form of grouchy.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- grouching — Present participle of grouch.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.