8-letter words containing i, o, u
- fluorite — a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- fluxions — (obsolete, mathematics) differential calculus.
- focusing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- fogfruit — a wildflower of the Verbena family
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- foul tip — a pitched ball that glances off the bat into foul territory, usually near the catcher, ruled a strike if the catcher catches it before it hits the ground, otherwise ruled an ordinary foul ball.
- founding — simple past tense and past participle of find.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fuel oil — an oil used for fuel, especially one used as a substitute for coal, as crude petroleum.
- fujimori — Alberto, born 1938, president of Peru 1990–2000.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- function — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- fusiform — spindle-shaped; rounded and tapering from the middle toward each end, as some roots.
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- geminous — found in pairs
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- ginhouse — a building in which cotton is ginned
- give out — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluonium — glueball.
- go-juice — fuel for an engine, esp petrol
- goitrous — pertaining to or affected with goiter.
- gonidium — (in algae) any one-celled asexual reproductive body, as a tetraspore or zoospore.
- gracious — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gratious — Obsolete form of gracious.
- grevious — Misspelling of grievous.
- grievous — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseous — gray; pearl-gray.
- groupies — Plural form of groupie.
- grouping — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- groupism — the tendency to conform to the general thinking and behavior of a group.
- groupist — a follower of a group
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grouting — Grout, especially when hardened.
- gruiform — of or relating to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots.
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.