9-letter words containing f, l, u, o
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- fossulate — hollowed; grooved
- foul ball — a batted ground ball that is hit and played outside the foul lines, or that passes outside the foul lines at first or third base, or that is played outside the foul line between home and first or third base regardless of where hit.
- foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- foul pole — either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.
- foul shot — a throw from the foul line, given a player after a foul has been called against an opponent.
- foulbrood — any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
- fouled up — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- four-lane — (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction: a four-lane thruway.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fuel flow — Fuel flow is the movement of oil or gas through delivery pipes.
- fulgorous — brilliant; dazzling
- fulgurous — characteristic of or resembling lightning: the fulgurous cracking of a whip.
- full bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- full moon — the moon when the whole of its disk is illuminated, occurring when in opposition to the sun.
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
- full toss — a bowled ball that reaches the batsman without bouncing
- full word — (especially in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive.
- full-bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- fullblood — person of unmixed race
- fullerton — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- fulminous — Explosive.
- fulsomely — In a fulsome manner.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fungoidal — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus or fungi; resembling a fungus or fungi; fungoid
- funloving — Alternative spelling of fun-loving.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- furiously — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- furloughs — Plural form of furlough.
- fusel oil — a mixture consisting chiefly of amyl alcohols obtained as a by-product in the fermentation of grains.
- god-awful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- golf club — any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron (def 5), wood1 (def 8).
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- half-hour — a period of 30 minutes.
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- hot flush — a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
- housefuls — Plural form of houseful.
- humourful — Humorous; comical.
- huon gulf — a gulf of the Solomon Sea, on the E coast of New Guinea.