8-letter words containing f, o, u, r
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- foreguts — Plural form of foregut.
- foreruns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forerun.
- forjudge — to exclude, expel, dispossess, or deprive by a judgment.
- fork out — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- formosus — a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.
- 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.
- forswunk — overworked
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- fortuned — Simple past tense and past participle of fortune.
- fortunes — Plural form of fortune.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- founders — Plural form of founder.
- foundery — Alternative form of foundry.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- 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
- fourchee — a type of heraldic cross
- fourfold — comprising four parts or members.
- fourness — The property of being four in number.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- fourplex — quadplex.
- foursome — a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
- fourteen — a cardinal number, ten plus four.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- frondeur — a rebel; rioter.
- front up — to pay (money) at the beginning of a business arrangement
- frotteur — a person who practices frottage.
- froufrou — elaborate decoration, as frills, ribbons, or ruffles, especially on women's clothing.
- frounced — Simple past tense and past participle of frounce.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- fujimori — Alberto, born 1938, president of Peru 1990–2000.
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fumewort — Any of various plants of the subfamily Fumarioideae or family Fumariaceae.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).