9-letter words containing a, o, r, i
- fioritura — the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
- firewoman — A female firefighter.
- firozabad — a city in Uttar Pradesh state, N central India.
- fitzrovia — the district north of Oxford Street, London, around Fitzroy Square and its pubs, noted in the 1930s and 40s as a haunt of poets
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- foederati — Plural form of foederatus.
- fogramity — a fogey or antiquated thing
- foie gras — the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste (pâté de foie gras)
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- foraminal — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- forestair — an external staircase
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- forfaiter — a person or company engaging in forfaiting
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- forjaskit — exhausted
- form nail — a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formamide — (organic compound) The amide of formic acid HCO-NH2 or any N-substituted derivative; they are used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- formating — Misspelling of formatting.
- formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- formicant — (medicine,obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.