10-letter words containing u, f, o
- full blood — a person or animal of unmixed ancestry; one descended of a pure breed. Compare purebred.
- full board — accommodation: room and meals
- full house — a hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair, as three queens and two tens.
- full monty — the, the whole thing; everything that is wanted or needed: At the press briefing, the reporters got the full monty.
- full score — the entire score of a musical composition, showing each part separately
- full-blown — fully or completely developed: full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- full-power — (of a radio station) able to broadcast up to 100 miles (166 km) under clear atmospheric conditions.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumatorium — an airtight structure in which plants are fumigated to destroy fungi or insects.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumigatory — having the ability to fumigate; relating to fumigation
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- functioned — Simple past tense and past participle of function.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- fundholder — (British) a general practitioner who manages his own budget, purchasing healthcare from one or more hospital trusts.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- fungitoxic — toxic to fungi.
- funnelform — shaped like a funnel, as the corolla of the morning-glory; infundibuliform.
- funny bone — the part of the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes by the internal condyle of the humerus, which when struck causes a peculiar, tingling sensation in the arm and hand; crazy bone.
- funny book — comic book.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- furbelowed — Simple past tense and past participle of furbelow.
- furloughed — Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
- furosemide — A synthetic compound with a strong diuretic action, used especially in the treatment of edema.
- further to — following on from
- fusionless — without fusion
- futhermore — Misspelling of furthermore.
- futurology — the study or forecasting of trends or developments in science, technology, political or social structure, etc.
- get out of — extricate oneself from
- go out for — To go out for something means to try to do it or be chosen for it.
- gram flour — flour prepared from the gram seeds
- ground fir — ground pine
- ground fog — a low, often dense fog, especially one through which the sky and clouds above can be seen.
- groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
- groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halfhourly — half-hour (def 3).
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- house flag — a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.
- houseflies — Plural form of housefly.
- housefront — the façade of a house