10-letter words containing f, u
- profounder — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profoundly — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- profulgent — radiant
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- puff adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- puff paste — a rich dough for making puff pastry.
- puff piece — a newspaper article, book, public-relations film, etc., whose purpose is to praise or flatter.
- puff-adder — a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
- punctiform — shaped like or of the nature of a point or dot.
- punto fijo — a city in NW Venezuela, on the Paraguana Peninsula.
- puppy farm — an establishment, often with poor conditions for housing the animals, where puppies are bred for profit
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- put in for — to request or apply for
- put up for — If you put something up for sale or auction, for example, you make it available to be sold or auctioned.
- quadrifoil — Alternative form of quadrifoliate.
- quadriform — having four parts or sides
- quakeproof — designed or built to withstand the destructive forces of an earthquake.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- qualifying — Present participle of qualify.
- quantified — Measured.
- quantifier — Logic. an expression, as “all” or “some,” that indicates the quantity of a proposition. Compare existential quantifier, universal quantifier.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- quatrefoil — a leaf composed of four leaflets.
- queencraft — the art of queenly rule
- queer fish — strange person
- quick fire — rapid continuous gunfire, esp at a moving target
- quick-fire — firing or equipped for firing rapidly, especially at moving targets.
- quinquefid — cleft into five parts or lobes.
- quintefoil — cinquefoil (def 2).
- quiverfuls — Plural form of quiverful.
- raduliform — rasp-like
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- ragamuffin — a ragged, disreputable person; tatterdemalion.
- red fescue — a grass, Festuca rubra, of the meadows of the North Temperate Zone, having green, reddish, or bluish-green flower clusters.
- red-figure — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.
- referendum — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- refuelable — capable of being refuelled
- refuelling — to supply again with fuel: to refuel an airplane.
- refugeeism — a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
- refulgence — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
- refundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refundment — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- refuse bin — a bin for the disposal of rubbish and waste
- refutation — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- refutative — tending to refute; pertaining to refutation: refutative evidence.
- rejoiceful — to be glad; take delight (often followed by in): to rejoice in another's happiness.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- requiteful — requiting, tending to requite