10-letter words containing f, u
- fulfilling — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.
- fulfilment — the act or state of fulfilling: to witness the fulfillment of a dream; to achieve fulfillment of one's hopes.
- fulgurated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulgurate.
- fulgurites — Plural form of fulgurite.
- fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
- full blast — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- full blood — a person or animal of unmixed ancestry; one descended of a pure breed. Compare purebred.
- full board — accommodation: room and meals
- full dress — formal, ceremonial attire
- full house — a hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair, as three queens and two tens.
- full marks — If you get full marks in a test or exam, you get everything right and gain the maximum number of marks.
- full monty — the, the whole thing; everything that is wanted or needed: At the press briefing, the reporters got the full monty.
- full rhyme — rhyme in which the stressed vowels and all following consonants and vowels are identical, but the consonants preceding the rhyming vowels are different, as in chain, brain; soul, pole.
- full score — the entire score of a musical composition, showing each part separately
- full speed — the maximum speed.
- full swing — full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
- full twist — a front or back dive made by a complete rotation of the body on its vertical axis. Compare half twist (def 1).
- full-blown — fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
- full-cream — denoting or made with whole unskimmed milk
- full-dress — formal and complete in all details: a full-dress uniform.
- full-faced — having a plump or round face.
- full-grain — (of leather) having the original grain surface intact.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- full-scale — having the exact size or proportions of the original: a full-scale replica.
- full-serve — full-service
- full-sized — of actual size; life-sized
- full-timer — a full-time worker.
- fullerenes — Plural form of fullerene.
- fullscreen — Alternative form of full screen.
- fulminated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulminate.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumadiddle — flumadiddle.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumblingly — In a fumbling manner.
- fumé blanc — sauvignon blanc (sense 2)
- fumigating — Present participle of fumigate.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functioned — Simple past tense and past participle of function.
- fund-raise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- fundraised — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.