9-letter words containing f, n, u
- sufficing — to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.
- suffragan — assisting or auxiliary to, as applied to any bishop in relation to the archbishop or metropolitan who is his superior, or as applied to an assistant or subsidiary bishop who performs episcopal functions in a diocese but has no ordinary jurisdiction, as, in the Church of England, a bishop consecrated to assist the ordinary bishop of a see in part of his diocese.
- suffusion — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- superfund — a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- teniafuge — an agent or medicine for expelling tapeworms from the body.
- throngful — crowded or packed with people
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- unaffable — pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
- unbaffled — not baffled or confused by contradictions
- unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
- unberufen — an exclamation appealing for protection against misfortune
- unbriefed — not instructed or briefed
- uncareful — not careful; not caring or vigilant; careless
- unconfine — to remove restrictions from
- unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
- unconfuse — to remove confusion from
- undefaced — not defaced; intact
- undefiant — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- undefiled — not damaged or sullied
- undefined — without fixed limits; indefinite in form, extent, or application: undefined authority; undefined feelings of sadness.
- underfeed — to feed insufficiently.
- underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
- underfire — to bake insufficiently
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- underfong — to receive, comprehend, or trap
- underfoot — under the foot or feet; on the ground; underneath or below: The climb was difficult because there were so many rocks underfoot.
- underfund — to fail to provide sufficient funding for
- underleaf — (in liverworts) any of the leaves forming a row on the underside of the stem: usually smaller than the two rows of lateral leaves and sometimes absent
- underself — the part of a personality that remains hidden
- undignify — to strip or deprive of dignity
- undrafted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- undutiful — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- uneffaced — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- unfactual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- unfadable — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- unfailing — not failing; not giving way; not falling short of expectation; completely dependable: an unfailing friend.
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfancied — unreal; imaginary: to be upset by fancied grievances.