10-letter words containing r, u, f
- flurazepam — a benzodiazepine, C 21 H 23 ClFN 3 O, used in its hydrochloride form as a sedative and hypnotic in the management of insomnia and to alleviate anxiety states.
- flurriedly — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flush girt — a girt running parallel to joists and at the same level.
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- flustering — Agitated, confusing.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- fluttering — Rapid back-and-forth waving or oscillation.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- folivorous — any chiefly leaf-eating animal or other organism, as the koala of Australia that subsists on eucalyptus.
- follicular — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling a follicle or follicles; provided with follicles.
- food court — a space, as in a shopping mall, with a concentration of fast-food stalls and usually a common eating area.
- food group — any of the categories into which different foods may be placed according to the type of nourishment they supply, such as carbohydrates or proteins
- food truck — a truck or van from which food is sold, as to people on the street.
- footguards — foot soldiers with ceremonial duties
- force pump — a pump that delivers a liquid under pressure, so as to eject it forcibly.
- forcefully — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- forclosure — Alternative form of foreclosure.
- forecourse — the lowermost sail on a square-rigged foremast; a square foresail.
- forecourts — Plural form of forecourt.
- foreground — the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer (opposed to background).
- forejudged — Simple past tense and past participle of forejudge.
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- forfeiture — an act of forfeiting.
- forfeuchen — worn out; exhausted
- forgetfull — Archaic form of forgetful.
- form genus — an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
- form tutor — teacher assigned to a class
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- formulator — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulised — formulate.
- formulized — Simple past tense and past participle of formulize.
- fortuities — Plural form of fortuity.
- fortuitism — the doctrine that evolutionary adaptations are the result of chance
- fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- forty-four — a cardinal number, 40 plus 4.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- foundering — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- founderous — likely to cause foundering; miry; swampy.
- four flush — a useless poker hand, containing four of a suit and one odd card
- four-a-cat — four old cat.
- four-color — noting or pertaining to a process for reproducing colored illustrations in a close approximation to their original hues by photographing the artwork successively through magenta, cyan, and yellow color-absorbing filters to produce four plates that are printed successively with yellow, red, blue, and black inks.
- four-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which a complete cycle in each cylinder requires four strokes, one to draw in air or an air-fuel mixture, one to compress it, one to ignite it and do work, and one to scavenge the cylinder.
- four-flush — to bluff.
- four-wheel — having four wheels.
- fourbagger — home run.
- fourchette — Anatomy. the fold of skin that forms the posterior margin of the vulva.
- fourfooted — Having four feet.
- fourierism — the social system proposed by François Marie Charles Fourier, under which society was to be organized into phalanxes or associations, each large enough for all industrial and social requirements.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.