10-letter words containing f, u
- flatterous — flattering
- flatulence — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
- flatulency — (chiefly, dated) flatulence.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- flauntiest — Superlative form of flaunty.
- flavivirus — Any of a group of RNA viruses, mostly having arthropod vectors, that cause a number of serious human diseases including yellow fever, dengue, various types of encephalitis, and hepatitis C.
- flavourful — British standard spelling of flavorful.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
- flavourous — Alternative spelling of flavorous.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- flexihours — hours of work under flexitime
- flexuosity — the quality or condition of being flexuous.
- flexuously — In a flexuous way.
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculate — to form into flocculent masses.
- flocculent — like a clump or tuft of wool.
- flophouses — Plural form of flophouse.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- flosculous — (botany) Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flour mill — a mill for grinding grain into flour.
- flour mite — any of several mites that infest flour and other stored organic materials and may be a serious pest; some may cause itching in persons handling infected material
- flour moth — larva of butterfly that feeds on grain
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flourisher — One who flourishes.
- flourishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flourish.
- flower bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- flower bug — any of several bugs of the family Anthocoridae that live on flowers and are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.
- fluctuated — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- flue brush — a brush used for cleaning soot from chimneys
- flue-cured — cured or dried by hot air passed through flues
- fluentness — The quality of being fluent.
- fluffiness — of, resembling, or covered with fluff.
- fluffy toy — a child's toy made of soft materials
- flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
- fluid dram — the eighth part of a fluid ounce. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl dr;
- fluid head — The fluid head is the pressure which is measured by the height to which fluid that is being pumped can be raised by the pressure.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- flunkeyish — resembling a flunkey
- flunkeyism — Alt form flunkyism.
- fluoborate — a salt of fluoboric acid.
- fluoboride — (chemistry) Any borofluoride.
- fluocerite — (mineral) A cerium fluoride mineral found in Sweden.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.