11-letter words containing f, u, r, m
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- fourth form — the fourth year of study in a school
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- framebuffer — (computing) A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- frigidarium — (in an ancient Roman bath) a room having a bath of unheated water.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- from nature — using natural models in drawing, painting, etc
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- furtherment — The act or process of furthering; furtherance.
- furthermore — moreover; besides; in addition: Furthermore, he left orders not to be disturbed.
- furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
- furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- grand mufti — a Muslim religious leader.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- gummiferous — producing gum
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- kulturkampf — the conflict between the German imperial government and the Roman Catholic Church from 1872 or 1873 until 1886, chiefly over the control of education and ecclesiastical appointments.
- lime sulfur — a mixture of lime and sulfur that has been boiled in water: used in powdered form or in aqueous solution as an insecticide, a fungicide, and a sheep dip.
- make up for — compensate
- mammiferous — having mammae; mammalian.
- manniferous — resulting in or producing manna
- manufactory — a factory.
- manufacture — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- measure off — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- melliferous — yielding or producing honey.
- microfaunal — Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- millefleurs — A pattern of flowers and leaves used in tapestry, on porcelain, or in other decorative items.
- misfeatured — Having ugly or misshapen features.
- misfortuned — (archaic) unlucky, unfortunate.
- misfortunes — adverse fortune; bad luck.
- mistrustful — full of mistrust; suspicious.
- mortiferous — deadly; fatal.
- multifactor — Of or pertaining to more than one factor.
- multifloral — Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
- multiformat — Accessible in more than one format.
- musk flower — a sticky-hairy plant, Mimulus moschata, of the figwort family, native to northern and western North America, having pale-yellow flowers and a musky odor.