11-letter words containing f, o, u, r
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- fervourless — Without fervour.
- feudatories — Plural form of feudatory.
- fibrousness — The state or quality of being fibrous.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- film colour — a misty appearance produced when no lines or edges are present in the visual field
- filoviruses — Plural form of filovirus.
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fissiparous — reproducing by fission.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flavourless — British standard spelling of flavorless.
- flavoursome — Alternative spelling of flavorsome.
- 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
- 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.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoridate.
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorinated — Simple past tense and past participle of fluorinate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- fluorometer — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- fluorometry — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- fluorophore — (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- fool around — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- forequarter — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- forerunners — Plural form of forerunner.
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.