9-letter words containing u, l, r
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flavourer — One who or that which flavours.
- flensburg — a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein: taken from Denmark by Prussia in 1864; voted to remain German in 1920. Pop: 85 300 (2003 est)
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- fleurette — a female given name.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- floccular — of or relating to the flocculus of the cerebellum
- florulent — (obsolete) Flowery; blossoming.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flounders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder.
- flour bin — a small container for flour
- flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
- flourless — the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flowerful — (poetic) flowery, abundant in flowers.
- flue-cure — to dry or cure by warm air that has been passed through flues.
- fluidizer — to make (something) fluid.
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- fluorated — (chemistry) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
- fluoresce — to exhibit fluorescence.
- fluorosis — an abnormal condition caused by excessive intake of fluorides, characterized in children by discoloration and pitting of the teeth and in adults by pathological bone changes.
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flustered — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- fluttered — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
- flutterer — Agent noun of flutter; one who flutters.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foot rule — a ruler one foot (30.48 cm) in length.
- forcefull — Archaic form of forceful.
- forgetful — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- foulbrood — any of several bacterial diseases of honeybee larvae, characterized by the putrefying of body tissues.
- four-lane — (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction: a four-lane thruway.
- fractural — Of or pertaining to a fracture.
- fraenulum — frenulum.
- fretfully — In a fretful manner.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fruit fly — any of numerous small dipterous insects of the family Tephritidae, the larvae of which feed on the fruit of various plants.