10-letter words containing u, n, o
- exhaustion — A state of extreme physical or mental fatigue.
- exhumation — The act of digging up that which has been buried.
- exit wound — a wound caused by a missile, esp a bullet, leaving a person's body
- exogeneous — Alternative form of exogenous.
- expounding — Present participle of expound.
- expulsions — Plural form of expulsion.
- expunction — The act of expunging or erasing.
- exsolution — the process by which a homogenous solid solution, esp molten rock, separates into its constituent minerals upon cooling
- extenuator — One who extenuates.
- extraneous — Irrelevant or unrelated to the subject being dealt with.
- extrusions — Plural form of extrusion.
- extubation — (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.
- exudations — Plural form of exudation.
- exultation — A feeling of triumphant elation or jubilation; rejoicing.
- exuviation — The process of producing exuviae.
- fabulation — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- facinorous — extremely wicked
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- falun gong — a Chinese system of meditation, martial-arts exercises, and spiritual teachings.
- famousness — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fast-count — to short-change.
- fault zone — a network of interconnected fractures representing the surficial expression of a fault.
- fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
- ferruginol — (organic compound) A diterpene of the abietane chemical class that has been isolated from the needles of the redwood Sequoia sempervirens.
- feuilleton — a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculent — like a clump or tuft of wool.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- flugelhorn — a brass wind instrument with three valves, usually pitched in B flat and used especially in military bands.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- fluorenone — (organic compound) An aromatic compound with the chemical formula C13H8O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.
- fluorinate — to treat or combine with fluorine.
- fluoxetine — A synthetic compound that inhibits the uptake of serotonin in the brain and is taken to treat depression.
- fluxionist — a person who uses mathematical fluxions
- fly button — a button on the fly of a pair of trousers
- folliculin — estrone.
- fonticulus — a fontanelle of the cranium
- foot-pound — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one pound when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-lb.
- foreground — the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer (opposed to background).
- forerunner — predecessor; ancestor; forebear; precursor.
- forfeuchen — worn out; exhausted
- form genus — an artificial taxonomic category including species, especially of fossil forms, grouped together on the basis of morphological resemblance.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.