9-letter words containing f, u, c
- fabricius — Johan Christian [yoh-hahn kris-chuh n;; Danish yoh-hahn kris-tyahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- factually — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faculty's — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- fancifull — Archaic form of fanciful.
- farceuses — Plural form of farceuse.
- farcy bud — an ulcerated swelling, produced in farcy.
- fascicule — a fascicle, especially of a book.
- fasciculi — a fascicle, as of nerve or muscle fibers.
- fast buck — money made easily or quickly and sometimes unscrupulously: He speculated briefly in the commodities market in the hope of making a fast buck.
- faunistic — of or relating to the geographical distribution of animal life.
- fauxmance — a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- feculence — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- feculency — an impurity
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- fecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- festucine — (obsolete) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- fettucine — Misspelling of fettuccine.
- feuerbach — Ludwig Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s,, an-;; German ahn-drey-ahs] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs,, æn-;; German ɑnˈdreɪ ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1804–72, German philosopher.
- fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- fire-cure — to cure (tobacco) by means of open fires, the smoke and flame imparting a creosotic flavor.
- firetruck — (US) A vehicle equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- fish duck — merganser.
- fisticuff — a cuff or blow with the fist.
- fitchburg — a city in N Massachusetts.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.
- floccular — of or relating to the flocculus of the cerebellum
- floccules — Plural form of floccule.
- flocculus — floccule.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flouncing — a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
- fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- flue-cure — to dry or cure by warm air that has been passed through flues.
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- fluoresce — to exhibit fluorescence.
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams