9-letter words containing a, f, s
- autofocus — a device that focuses a lens, camera, etc. automatically
- avifaunas — Plural form of avifauna.
- awfulness — The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.
- babashoff — Shirley, born 1957, U.S. swimmer.
- backfiles — Plural form of backfile.
- backfills — Plural form of backfill.
- backfires — Plural form of backfire.
- backfisch — a teenage girl; a girl who has not yet reached maturity
- backflash — a flashback: Backflashes of the heroine's childhood fill in gaps in the novel's narrative.
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backflows — Plural form of backflow.
- backlifts — Plural form of backlift.
- backshift — The changing of a present tense in direct speech to a past tense in reported speech (or a past tense to pluperfect).
- barfulous — /bar'fyoo-l*s/ (Or "barfucious", /bar-fyoo-sh*s/) Said of something that would make anyone barf, if only for aesthetic reasons.
- base form — the simplest form of a word, to which inflections may be added
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- basifixed — (of an anther) attached to the filament by its base
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- basrelief — Alternative form of bas-relief.
- bass clef — the clef that establishes F a fifth below middle C on the fourth line of the staff
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beefcakes — Plural form of beefcake.
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- blackfish — a minnow-like Alaskan freshwater fish, Dallia pectoralis, related to the pikes and thought to be able to survive prolonged freezing
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calfskins — Plural form of calfskin.
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- caprifigs — Plural form of caprifig.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- chaffings — Plural form of chaffing.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.