11-letter words containing s, c, u, f
- dulcifluous — coursing or flowing in a dulcet or gentle manner
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dysfunction — Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
- effectuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of effectuate.
- efficacious — capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.: The medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough.
- fabulicious — (slang) Exceptionally fabulous and appealing.
- facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- factualness — Factuality.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- fasciculate — arranged in a fascicle or fascicles.
- fast casual — a style of fast food involving healthier, fresher, and more varied dishes than traditional fast food, served in more attractive surroundings
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- ferociously — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fescue foot — a disease of the feet of cattle associated with feeding on certain fungus-infested fescue grasses, characterized by lameness and sometimes leading to gangrene.
- feudalistic — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- fiduciaries — Plural form of fiduciary.
- final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- first cause — God.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- flea circus — a number of fleas trained to perform tricks, as for a carnival sideshow
- flocculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flocculate.
- flucytosine — a synthetic whitish crystalline powder, C 4 H 4 FN 3 O, with antifungal activity, used in the treatment of systemic and eye fungal infections caused by susceptible strains of Candida or Cryptococcus.
- fluorescein — an orange-red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 12 O 5 , that in alkaline solutions produces an orange color and an intense green fluorescence: used to trace subterranean waters and in dyes.
- fluorescent — possessing the property of fluorescence; exhibiting fluorescence.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- fluoroscope — a tube or box fitted with a screen coated with a fluorescent substance, used for viewing objects, especially deep body structures, by means of x-ray or other radiation.
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- fluticasone — (organic compound) A synthetic corticosteroid whose furoate and propionate forms are used as topical anti-inflammatories.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foliicolous — growing on leaves, as certain liverworts.
- folliculose — having or resembling follicles
- folliculous — having or producing follicles
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- full cousin — cousin (def 1).
- full-custom — Design of integrated circuits at the transistor or polygon level. This is in contrast to the use of libraries of components. Full-custom design requires considerable skill and experience and is usually only feasible for simple circuits, especially ones with much repetition, such as memory device, where a small saving in the size and power consumption of a component will yield a large overall saving.
- functionals — Plural form of functional.
- funduscopic — Relating to funduscopy.
- fungistatic — (of a substance or preparation) inhibiting the growth of a fungus.
- furciferous — (archaic) rascally; scandalous.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq