10-letter words containing f, e, r, u
- figurework — work with figures or numbers
- filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
- filter out — ignore
- fire truck — fire engine.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- firehouses — Plural form of firehouse.
- firetrucks — Plural form of firetruck.
- firmicutes — Plural form of firmicute.
- fishburger — A burger made with fish instead of beef.
- fissurella — (zoology) Any of the genus Fissurella of marine gastropod mollusks.
- flatterous — flattering
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- flue brush — a brush used for cleaning soot from chimneys
- flue-cured — cured or dried by hot air passed through flues
- flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- fluorenone — (organic compound) An aromatic compound with the chemical formula C13H8O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluorescer — something that fluoresces; a fluorescent substance
- fluoresces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoresce.
- fluoridate — to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- fluoridize — to treat, impregnate, or affect with a fluoride.
- fluorinate — to treat or combine with fluorine.
- fluorotype — an early form of photograph produced on paper treated with sodium fluoride
- flurazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 21 H 23 ClFN 3 O, used in its hydrochloride form as a sedative and hypnotic in the management of insomnia and to alleviate anxiety states.
- flurriedly — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flustering — Agitated, confusing.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- fluttering — Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- forcefully — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forclosure — Alternative form of foreclosure.
- forecourse — the lowermost sail on a square-rigged foremast; a square foresail.
- forecourts — Plural form of forecourt.
- foreground — the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer (opposed to background).
- forejudged — Simple past tense and past participle of forejudge.