11-letter words containing f, u, s
- confluences — Plural form of confluence.
- confounders — Plural form of confounder.
- confusables — Plural form of confusable.
- confusement — (nonstandard) Confusion.
- confusingly — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- confusional — the act of confusing.
- corniferous — producing or containing chert
- coude-focus — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
- course fees — the fees paid for the tuition on an educational course
- courtesy of — without charge, as a gesture of goodwill
- crossruffed — Simple past tense and past participle of crossruff.
- cruciferous — of, relating to, or belonging to the plant family Cruciferae
- culmiferous — (of grasses) having a hollow jointed stem
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
- 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.
- deaf-mutism — unable to hear and speak.
- defunctness — The state or quality of being defunct.
- demulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of demulsify.
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- desulfurize — to remove sulfur from
- diesel fuel — a combustible petroleum distillate used as fuel for diesel engines.
- diffuseness — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- diffusional — Of or pertaining to diffusion.
- diffusively — In a diffusive manner.
- diffusivity — the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance.
- 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.
- disfunction — dysfunction.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- dismayfully — in a dismayful manner
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disquietful — full of disquiet
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- 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.
- disunifying — Present participle of disunify.
- dolefulness — The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.
- 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.
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- 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.
- dutifulness — The state of being dutiful.
- 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.
- dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.