10-letter words containing r, u, n, o
- 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).
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- forfeuchen — worn out; exhausted
- form genus — an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
- 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.
- fourteener — a line, especially an iambic line, consisting of 14 syllables.
- fourteenth — next after the thirteenth; being the ordinal number for 14.
- frappucino — Any of several forms of partially frozen cappuccino coffee.
- fraunhofer — Joseph von [joh-zuh f von,, -suh f;; German yoh-zef fuh n] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf vɒn,, -səf;; German ˈyoʊ zɛf fən/ (Show IPA), 1787–1826, German optician and physicist.
- front four — the four defensive players positioned on the line of scrimmage in a common defensive alignment to guard against the run and to rush the passer.
- frontcourt — (basketball) The half of the court where a team's offensive basket is located.
- frostbound — (of ground) hardened by frost
- frown upon — If something is frowned upon or is frowned on people disapprove of it.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- funnelform — shaped like a funnel, as the corolla of the morning-glory; infundibuliform.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- generously — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- gobi burin — a wedge-shaped engraving tool made by Pleistocene hunters on both the Asian and American sides of the Bering Strait.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- gouernment — Obsolete spelling of government.
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- greenhouse — a building, room, or area, usually chiefly of glass, in which the temperature is maintained within a desired range, used for cultivating tender plants or growing plants out of season.
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- ground bug — any member of a family (Lygaeidae) of hemipterous plant-eating insects, having generally dark bodies, sometimes marked with red, and lighter, yellowish wings
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground fog — a low, often dense fog, especially one through which the sky and clouds above can be seen.
- ground ice — anchor ice.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- ground log — a lead weight attached to a line, cast overboard in shoal water and allowed to pay out freely to show the speed of a ship and the force of the current.
- ground owl — the burrowing owl.
- ground pea — peanut.
- ground rod — a metal rod embedded in the ground to make a ground connection to the earth.