8-letter words containing s, o, u
- flexuous — full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- floscule — a floret; a single blossom of a composite flower
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- flu shot — vaccination against influenza
- 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.
- focussed — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- focusses — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- foetuses — Plural form of foetus.
- foldouts — Plural form of foldout.
- for sure — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- foreguts — Plural form of foregut.
- foreruns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forerun.
- formosus — a.d. c816–896, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 891–896.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- forswunk — overworked
- fortunes — Plural form of fortune.
- fouettes — a whipping movement of the free leg, often executed during a turn.
- fougasse — a type of bread made with olive oil
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foulness — the state or quality of being foul: The foulness of the accusation incensed us all.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- founders — Plural form of founder.
- fourness — The property of being four in number.
- foursome — a company or set of four; two couples; a quartet: to make up a foursome for bridge.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- fructose — Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- fuculose — (carbohydrate) A deoxysugar related to tagatose.
- fullsome — Misspelling of fulsome.
- fullstop — Alt form full stop.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- functors — Plural form of functor.
- fungoids — Plural form of fungoid.
- funhouse — (in an amusement park) a building equipped with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices designed to scare or amuse people as they walk through.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furlongs — Plural form of furlong.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- fuse box — with circuit breakers
- 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.
- futtocks — Plural form of futtock.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- geminous — found in pairs
- gemmeous — of, relating to, or resembling a gem
- generous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.