10-letter words containing f, e, r, u
- over-focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- over-fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overfulfil — to fulfil to a greater degree than required
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- persifleur — a person who is fond of persiflage
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- petit four — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
- platterful — a heaped plate or platter
- pluperfect — Grammar. perfect with respect to a point of reference in past time, as had done in He had done it when I came. designating a tense or other verb formation or construction with such meaning, as Latin portāveram “I had carried.”.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
- powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
- prefecture — the office, jurisdiction, territory, or official residence of a prefect.
- prefixture — something used or added as a prefix
- prefulgent — more radiant than others
- prefuneral — the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
- prequalify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- pridefully — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- profluence — abundance
- profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- puff adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- puff-adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quasi-free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- quatrefoil — a leaf composed of four leaflets.
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- queer fish — strange person
- quick fire — rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
- quick-fire — firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- red fescue — a grass, Festuca rubra, of the meadows of the North Temperate Zone, having green, reddish, or bluish-green flower clusters.
- red-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.
- referendum — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- refuelable — capable of being refuelled
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- refulgence — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
- refundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.