11-letter words containing f, u, s
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- proliferous — proliferating.
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- puff pastry — a light, flaky, rich pastry made by rolling dough with butter and folding it to form layers: used for tarts, napoleons, etc.
- pushfulness — the quality of being offensively assertive or forceful
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- quantifiers — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quatrefoils — Plural form of quatrefoil.
- rediffusion — act of diffusing; state of being diffused.
- refurbisher — a person who refurbishes
- researchful — (of a book, academic paper etc) full of research, containing or built upon a great deal of research
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- rifled slug — a shotgun projectile with helical grooves on its sides for imparting a spin to it when it is fired through the smooth bore of the shotgun.
- right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- safari suit — a suit consisting of a bush jacket and matching trousers.
- safety fuse — a slow-burning fuse for igniting detonators from a distance
- safety fuze — a long tube attached to a detonator or percussion cap and filled with a powder that burns slowly when ignited.
- scarf cloud — pileus (def 3).
- schaffhouse — a town in N Switzerland, capital of Schaffhausen canton, on the Rhine. Pop: 33 628 (2000)
- school fund — the money provided by a government or raised by parents and teachers to finance the running of a school
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scottsbluff — a city in W Nebraska, on the North Platte River.
- scruffiness — the state of being unkempt or shabby
- scuff marks — marks made by scuffing
- scuffle hoe — a hoe with a flat blade, pushed back and forth through the surface soil, as to weed
- sdeignfully — disdainfully
- self-caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- self-excuse — to regard or judge with forgiveness or indulgence; pardon or forgive; overlook (a fault, error, etc.): Excuse his bad manners.
- self-guided — accompanied by a guide: a guided tour.
- self-insure — to subject (one's property or interests) to self-insurance.
- self-murder — suicide
- self-ruling — of or relating to self-rule
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- semifluidic — of the nature of a semifluid; partially fluidic
- septiferous — in possession of a septum or partition
- shaft house — a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft.
- shaftesbury — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of, 1621–83, English statesman.
- shuffle off — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- shufflingly — in the manner of a shuffle
- sioux falls — a city in SE South Dakota.
- small stuff — small cordage, as marlines, yarns, etc.
- snap out of — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
- snowsurfing — the use of a board without bindings to travel over snow
- snuff movie — Slang. a pornographic film that shows an actual murder of one of the performers, as at the end of a sadistic act.
- snuff stick — a twig, stick, or brush used to apply snuff on the teeth or gums.