8-letter words containing f, u, r
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- friskful — frolicsome; lively
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- 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.
- fructify — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- fructive — fruitful
- 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.
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- frugging — a dance deriving from the twist.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- fruitery — a collection or crop of fruit
- fruitfly — Alternative spelling of fruit fly.
- fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- fruitier — Comparative form of fruity.
- fruitily — In a fruity way.
- fruiting — any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fruitive — able to enjoy or to produce enjoyment.
- fruitlet — a small fruit, especially one of those forming an aggregate fruit, as the raspberry.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- frumpily — In a frumpy manner.
- frumpish — a person who is dowdy, drab, and unattractive.
- frustule — the siliceous cell wall of a diatom.
- frustums — Plural form of frustum.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fuehrers — Plural form of fuehrer.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- fujayrah — Al-, one of the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman.
- fujimori — Alberto, born 1938, president of Peru 1990–2000.
- fujiwara — a member of a powerful family in Japan who exercised power as regents in the name of the emperor, a.d. 858–1160.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- fulcrums — Plural form of fulcrum.
- fulgural — of or relating to lightning
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- fumarate — the salt of fumaric acid, a key chemical intermediate in the Krebs cycle.
- fumarium — A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.
- 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.
- fun fair — an amusement park.
- 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.
- funerals — Plural form of funeral.
- funerary — of or relating to a funeral or burial: a funerary urn.