11-letter words containing n, u, s
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- fuel-saving — (of a vehicle) using less fuel for a further distance
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- full nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes each arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the arms at the fingers or wrists on the back of the opponent's neck.
- fulsomeness — The state or quality of being fulsome or showing overdone and insincere flattery.
- funambulism — The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
- funambulist — a tightrope walker.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- fund-raiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
- fundraisers — Plural form of fundraiser.
- fundraising — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- fungus gnat — any of several mosquitolike insects of the family Mycetophilidae, the larvae of which feed on fungi or decaying vegetation.
- funlessness — Lack of fun.
- furiousness — The state or quality of being furious or outraged; enragement; inflamedness.
- furnishings — furnishings. furniture, carpeting, etc., for a house or room. articles or accessories of dress: men's furnishings.
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- fushionless — lacking strength or spirit
- fusillation — the use of shooting as a method of capital punishment, esp during warfare
- fusion bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- fusion food — food which is made using a style of cooking which combines traditional Western techniques and ingredients with those used in Eastern cuisine
- fuss around — to engage in idle, aimless, or annoying activity
- fustigating — Present participle of fustigate.
- fustigation — A beating with a club.
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gauge boson — a boson that mediates the interaction between elementary particles. There are several types: photons for electromagnetic interactions, W and Z intermediate vector bosons for weak interactions, and gravitons for gravitational interactions
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- genuineness — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- giant squid — any squid of the genus Architeuthis, inhabiting deep ocean bottoms and sometimes attaining an arm span of 65 feet (20 meters) or more.
- gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
- gigantesque — of a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant.
- gill fungus — an agaricaceous fungus; mushroom.
- gladfulness — The quality of being gladful.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- gleefulness — The state of being gleeful or joyous.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer