11-letter words containing f, u, s
- formulators — Plural form of formulator.
- formulising — formulate.
- fort eustis — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Virginia near the James River, NW of Newport News.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- fortuituous — By chance; by serendipity; accidental;.
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.
- forty hours — a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.
- fossil fuel — any combustible organic material, as oil, coal, or natural gas, derived from the remains of former life.
- foundations — Plural form of foundation.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- four-poster — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- four-seater — a vehicle providing seats for four people
- four-square — To stand four-square behind someone or something means to be firm in your support of that person or thing.
- four-stroke — four-cycle.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- fourflusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- fraud squad — law: police department
- frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- 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.
- frivolously — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- 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).
- frotteurist — A frotteur.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fruit sugar — fructose.
- fruitarians — Plural form of fruitarian.
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- fuel system — The fuel system in a vehicle is the combination of parts needed to carry fuel into and out of the engine.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- full nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes each arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the arms at the fingers or wrists on the back of the opponent's neck.
- full-custom — Design of integrated circuits at the transistor or polygon level. This is in contrast to the use of libraries of components. Full-custom design requires considerable skill and experience and is usually only feasible for simple circuits, especially ones with much repetition, such as memory device, where a small saving in the size and power consumption of a component will yield a large overall saving.
- fulsomeness — The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
- funambulism — The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.