11-letter words containing s, r, u
- four-masted — carrying four masts.
- four-poster — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- four-seater — a vehicle providing seats for four people
- four-square — To stand four-square behind someone or something means to be firm in your support of that person or thing.
- four-stroke — four-cycle.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- fourflusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frame house — a house constructed with a skeleton framework of timber, as the ordinary wooden house.
- fraud squad — law: police department
- frequencies — Plural form of frequency.
- fretfulness — The quality of being fretful.
- freudianism — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- frivolously — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frontcourts — Plural form of frontcourt.
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- frotteurist — A frotteur.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- fruit salad — a cold dish consisting of various types of small or cut-up fruit, usually served as a dessert or first course.
- fruit salts — salts of citric acid, used to relieve bloating and neutralize stomach acidity. Also used in cooking.
- fruit stall — a market stall that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fruit sugar — fructose.
- fruitarians — Plural form of fruitarian.
- fruitlessly — In a fruitless manner.
- frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- frustrative — That which frustrates (causes frustration).
- fruticulose — (botany) Like, or pertaining to, a small shrub.
- 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.
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- furciferous — (archaic) rascally; scandalous.
- 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.
- furthermost — most distant: Their house is furthermost on the right.
- furthersome — tending to further or promote; helpful
- furtiveness — taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
- furunculous — Furuncular.
- fuss around — to engage in idle, aimless, or annoying activity
- fustilirian — a person who uses a cudgel rather than a sword; hence, a lowly person or a commoner (from Henry IV by William Shakespeare)
- futurebasic — (language) A BASIC compiler for the Macintosh.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.