11-letter words containing f, l, u, r
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- desulfurize — to remove sulfur from
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
- distrustful — unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- effortfully — In an effortful manner: with effort.
- eid-ul-fitr — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan, involving the exchange of gifts and a festive meal
- emulsifiers — Plural form of emulsifier.
- enfouldered — charged with lightning
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
- faulknerian — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling the literary style of William Faulkner.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- faultfinder — a person who habitually finds fault, complains, or objects, especially in a petty way.
- fearfulness — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- featureless — without distinctive features; uninteresting, plain, or drab: a featureless landscape.
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fervourless — Without fervour.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- filibusters — Plural form of filibuster.
- fillibuster — Alternative form of filibuster.
- film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
- filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
- filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flexicurity — a welfare-state model, originating in Denmark in the 1990s, that combines labour-market flexibility, social security, and a proactive labour market
- flirtatious — given or inclined to flirtation.
- flocculator — to form into flocculent masses.
- floral tube — a cylinder formed in some flowers by the fusion of the perianth and stamens, as in the daffodil or iris.
- floribundas — Plural form of floribunda.
- floriferous — producing blossoms; flower -bearing.
- florilegium — a collection of literary pieces; anthology.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluid drive — a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.