10-letter words containing f, o, u, r
- our father — Lord's Prayer.
- out-relief — public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
- outfielder — one of the players, especially in baseball, stationed in the outfield.
- outfitters — Plural form of outfitter.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- over-focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- over-fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overfulfil — to fulfil to a greater degree than required
- paul flory — Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- petit four — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- plus-fours — Plus-fours are short wide trousers fastened below the knees which people used to wear when hunting or playing golf.
- poculiform — having the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
- powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
- profluence — abundance
- profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put up for — If you put something up for sale or auction, for example, you make it available to be sold or auctioned.
- quadrifoil — Alternative form of quadrifoliate.
- quadriform — having four parts or sides
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- quatrefoil — a leaf composed of four leaflets.
- raduliform — rasp-like
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- rejoiceful — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- rice flour — flour made of finely-ground rice
- rock flour — glacial meal.
- roof guard — any device for preventing snow from sliding off a sloping roof.
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- round file — circular file.
- rub off on — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run for it — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run out of — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- scrofulous — pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, or affected with scrofula.