9-letter words containing u, f, o
- effluxion — outward flow, as of water.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- fatuitous — complacently stupid; foolish.
- fatuously — With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- favillous — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favourous — Rare spelling of favorous.
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- fervorous — With fervour; fervent.
- feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- fibrinous — the insoluble protein end product of blood coagulation, formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin in the presence of calcium ions.
- fibrously — In a fibrous manner.
- fight out — If two people or groups fight something out, they fight or argue until one of them wins.
- figure on — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- filovirus — any of several filamentous, single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae, defined by their unique appearance and reproductive strategies, as the Ebola and Marburg viruses.
- fioritura — the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
- firehouse — fire station.
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- fistulous — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flake-out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flat sour — fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- flavorful — full of flavor; tasty.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flavourer — One who or that which flavours.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- floccular — of or relating to the flocculus of the cerebellum