11-letter words containing f, u, r
- course fees — the fees paid for the tuition on an educational course
- courtesy of — without charge, as a gesture of goodwill
- craft union — a labour organization membership of which is restricted to workers in a specified trade or craft
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- crowdfunded — Simple past tense and past participle of crowdfund.
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- cry out for — If you say that something cries out for a particular thing or action, you mean that it needs that thing or action very much.
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cult figure — a person who inspires devotion in a particular group of people
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- curry favor — to try to win favor by flattery, fawning, etc.
- cybersurfer — A person who surfs (browses the Internet).
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- desulfurize — to remove sulfur from
- direfulness — the state or fact of being direful
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.
- disfavourer — one who does not favour
- disfeatured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfeature.
- disfiguring — Present participle of disfigure.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
- distrustful — unable or unwilling to trust; doubtful; suspicious: An alert scientist is distrustful of coincidences.
- do duty for — to act as a substitute for
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
- dried fruit — Dried fruit is fruit that has been preserved by being dried; used especially to refer to currants, raisins, or sultanas, which are kinds of dried grapes.
- drum out of — to expel from (the army) with drums beating
- dunfermline — an administrative district in E Scotland, in the Fife region. 120 sq. mi. (311 sq. km).
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- effortfully — In an effortful manner: with effort.
- ego surfing — the act of searching for your own name on the internet
- eid-ul-fitr — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of Ramadan, involving the exchange of gifts and a festive meal
- emulsifiers — Plural form of emulsifier.
- enfouldered — charged with lightning
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fair dinkum — dinkum.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- fairy queen — the queen of the fairies
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farm bureau — American Farm Bureau Federation.
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.