11-letter words containing e, a, r, f, u
- fur brigade — (formerly) a convoy of canoes, horses, or dog sleighs that transported furs and other goods between trading posts and towns or factories
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- furnacelike — Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- furtwangler — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1886–1954, German orchestral conductor.
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- infortunate — of or relating to infortune.
- intreatfull — full of entreaty
- irrefutable — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- irrefutably — not capable of being refuted or disproved: irrefutable logic.
- jesus freak — a member of any of several fundamentalist groups of chiefly young people (Jesus people) originating in the early 1970s and emphasizing intense personal devotion to and study of Jesus Christ and His teachings.
- juan flores — Juan José [hwahn haw-se] /ʰwɑn hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1800–64, Ecuadorian general and statesman: president 1830–35, 1839–45.
- lactiferous — producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
- lake rudolf — the former name (until 1979) of (Lake) Turkana
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- make up for — compensate
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- measure off — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- misfeatured — Having ugly or misshapen features.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- opera buffa — an Italian farcical comic opera originating in the 18th century and containing recitativo secco, patter songs, and ensemble finales.
- out of gear — out of order; not functioning properly
- overcareful — excessively or unduly careful.
- overfatigue — excessive tiredness from which recuperation is difficult.
- overfraught — too fraught
- pleasureful — the state or feeling of being pleased.
- prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- prefectural — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- 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.