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9-letter words containing a, m, f

  • proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
  • ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
  • re-affirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
  • reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
  • reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
  • reformate — the product of the reforming process.
  • reinflame — to inflame again
  • rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
  • sacciform — resembling a sac
  • safe mode — (operating system)   An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
  • self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
  • self-made — having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
  • self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
  • self-same — You use self-same when you want to emphasize that the person or thing mentioned is exactly the same as the one mentioned previously.
  • semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
  • semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
  • shamefast — shamefaced.
  • small fry — child
  • smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
  • soft clam — soft-shell clam.
  • staffroom — room for teachers at school
  • stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
  • stiff-arm — straight-arm.
  • stud farm — place where horses are bred
  • styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
  • sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
  • superfarm — a very large farm, sometimes incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller farms
  • surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
  • swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
  • take form — be shaped
  • tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
  • tank farm — an area or expanse of land used for holding oil-storage tanks.
  • tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
  • team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
  • terraform — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
  • the mafia — an international secret organization founded in Sicily, probably in opposition to tyranny. It developed into a criminal organization and in the late 19th century was carried to the US by Italian immigrants
  • timeframe — the period of time within which certain events are scheduled to occur
  • tram flap — transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap: a piece of tissue, consisting of skin, muscle, and fat, taken from the abdomen of a woman and used in the reconstruction of her breast after mastectomy
  • transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
  • tree farm — a tree-covered area managed as a business enterprise under a plan of reforestation that makes continuous production of timber possible.
  • unfreeman — a person who is not a freeman
  • unharmful — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
  • wap forum — (body)   The official body developing Wireless Application Protocol.
  • wave farm — facility that generates power from the tides
  • wave-form — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
  • waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
  • web frame — a deep transverse frame reinforcing the hull of a ship.
  • welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
  • wind farm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
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