11-letter words containing u, f, o
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- get shut of — to get rid of
- glumiferous — having glumes
- 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.
- goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- ground beef — meat: minced beef
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.
- grow out of — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- gummiferous — producing gum
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hoppus foot — unit of volume for round timber
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- hundredfold — a hundred times as great or as much.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- if you like — You say if you like when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way.
- if you must — You say 'if you must' when you know that you cannot stop someone doing something that you think is wrong or stupid.
- if you want — as you please
- ill-founded — based on weak evidence, illogical reasoning, or the like: an ill-founded theory.
- in quest of — searching for
- income fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in stocks that are likely to continue to pay or increase dividends.
- infatuation — the state of being infatuated.
- inferiourly — Obsolete form of inferiorly.
- infeudation — the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
- infield out — a put-out recorded by a member of the infield.
- infopreneur — a person whose business is gathering, processing, and providing information to advertising, marketing, and other firms.
- infortunate — of or relating to infortune.
- infructuose — Not yielding fruit.
- infructuous — (Pakistan and India only; of a project etc) not fruitful.
- infuriation — to make furious; enrage.
- infusionism — the doctrine that the soul existed in a previous state and is infused into the body at conception or birth.
- infusorians — Plural form of infusorian.
- inofficious — being inconsistent with moral duty and natural affection.
- inquire for — to ask to see (someone)
- insufflator — to blow or breathe (something) in.
- interfluous — interfluent