11-letter words containing f, n, u
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.
- snuff-movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- social fund — (in Britain) a social security fund from which loans or payments may be made to people in cases of extreme need
- soft ground — an etching ground usually mixed with tallow. Compare hard ground.
- soft launch — the launch of a website in stages, with regular updating
- somniferous — bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences.
- sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
- spiniferous — (esp of plants) bearing spines or thorns
- staff nurse — nurse who works on a ward
- stone fruit — a fruit with a stone or hard endocarp, as a peach or plum; drupe.
- strengthful — full of strength, strong
- strike fund — an amount of money reserved by a union to make payments to striking works should a strike occur
- stud muffin — a sexually attractive young man
- stultifying — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
- stunt flier — someone who performs stunts in an aeroplane, such as special turns, etc, in the air
- subaffluent — between poor and affluent
- subfraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- subfreezing — below the freezing point.
- subinfluent — an organism that has a lesser effect than an influent on the ecological processes within a community.
- sufficiency — the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
- suffixation — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- suffocation — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sulfonation — the process of attaching the sulfonic acid group, –SO 3 H, directly to carbon in an organic compound.
- sulfuration — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sunk relief — cavo-relievo.
- superinfect — to infect further with an additional infection
- superrefine — to refine to an advanced degree
- surfcasting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
- suspenseful — a state or condition of mental uncertainty or excitement, as in awaiting a decision or outcome, usually accompanied by a degree of apprehension or anxiety.
- tactfulness — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tanniferous — containing much tannin; yielding tannin.
- tea infuser — mesh ball for straining tea leaves
- teaspoonful — the amount a teaspoon can hold.
- the needful — money or funds
- transfigure — to change in outward form or appearance; transform.
- transfusion — the act or process of transfusing.
- trifluralin — a selective herbicide, C 13 H 16 F 3 N 3 O 4 , used to control weeds.
- tumefacient — tumefying; causing to swell.
- tumefaction — an act of making or becoming swollen or tumid.
- tuning fork — a steel instrument consisting of a stem with two prongs, producing a musical tone of definite, constant pitch when struck, and serving as a standard for tuning musical instruments, making acoustical experiments, and the like.
- twenty-four — a cardinal number, 20 plus 4.
- typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
- un-profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- unaffecting — moving or exciting the feelings or emotions.
- unafflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.