8-letter words containing f, l, u, r
- flummery — oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
- fluorene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluorine — the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- fluorite — a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- flurries — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flurting — Present participle of flurt.
- flushers — Plural form of flusher.
- flusters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluster.
- flustery — flustered or inclined to become flustered
- flutters — An act of fluttering.
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.
- footrule — rigid measure, one foot in length
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- formulae — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- formular — Following or relating to a formula; formulaic.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- fourfold — comprising four parts or members.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- fourplex — quadplex.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- fraudful — Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; fraudulent.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- frenular — of or relating to a fraenum
- frenulum — Anatomy, Zoology. a small frenum.
- fretfull — Archaic form of fretful.
- friskful — frolicsome; lively
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- fruitfly — Alternative spelling of fruit fly.
- fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- fruitily — In a fruity way.
- fruitlet — a small fruit, especially one of those forming an aggregate fruit, as the raspberry.
- frumpily — In a frumpy manner.
- frustule — the siliceous cell wall of a diatom.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- fulgural — of or relating to lightning
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- funerals — Plural form of funeral.
- funereal — of or suitable for a funeral.
- fur seal — any of several eared seals, as Callorhinus alascanus, having a plush underfur used in making coats, trimmings, etc.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.