11-letter words containing s, u, r, f
- fluoridates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluoridate.
- fluorinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fluorinate.
- 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.
- flush right — even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- flusterated — flustered; agitated.
- flusteredly — In a flustered manner.
- flusterment — the state of being flustered
- flustration — the state of being flustrated or flustered
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- foliiferous — bearing leaves or leaflike structures.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foreclosure — the act of foreclosing a mortgage or pledge.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- forerunners — Plural form of forerunner.
- forfeitures — Plural form of forfeiture.
- formularies — Plural form of formulary.
- formularise — (British) To express as a formula, to formulate.
- formulators — Plural form of formulator.
- formulising — formulate.
- fort eustis — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Virginia near the James River, NW of Newport News.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- fortuituous — By chance; by serendipity; accidental;.
- fortuneless — Unlucky, unfortunate.
- forty hours — a Roman Catholic devotion in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for veneration for 40 hours by the churches of a diocese sequentially for two-day periods.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- 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.