9-letter words containing f, r, o, u
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- fort drum — a military reservation in Watertown in N New York, approximately 10 miles (16 km) E of Lake Ontario.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- fortunate — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- fortuning — Present participle of fortune.
- fortunize — to make happy or fortunate
- foulbrood — any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
- found art — art comprised of found objects.
- foundered — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- four bits — 50 cents.
- four-door — (of a vehicle) having two doors on each side
- four-eyed — having or seeming to have four eyes.
- four-eyes — Slang: Usually Disparaging. a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).
- four-lane — (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction: a four-lane thruway.
- four-part — arranged for four voices or instruments
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- four-star — of or being a full general or admiral, as indicated by four stars on an insignia.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- fourscore — four times twenty; eighty.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- fourteens — Plural form of fourteen.
- fox brush — the tail of a fox.
- fra mauro — a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 50 miles (80 km) in diameter.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- freak out — any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
- freak-out — an act or instance of freaking out.
- freezeout — a game in which each player begins with a predetermined amount of money and must withdraw from the game once that amount is lost, until one player is left with all the winnings.
- fresh out — newly short of sth
- frictious — (rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
- fritz out — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frogmouth — any Australian and Oriental bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers, having a broad, flattened, froglike mouth.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fructidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fructuous — productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
- frugivore — any chiefly fruit-eating organism, as certain bats.
- fruitions — Plural form of fruition.
- fruitwood — any of various woods from fruit-bearing trees, used for cabinetmaking and the like.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- fruticous — (botany) fruticose.