10-letter words containing a, s, f, r, o
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- samariform — having the form of a samara.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- soft armor — quilted fabric used as armor.
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- somatoform — characterized by symptoms suggesting a physical disorder but for which there are no demonstrable organic findings or known physiological mechanisms.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- soya flour — flour made from soya beans
- sports fan — sb who enjoys watching or playing sport
- squamiform — shaped like a scale.
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- stainproof — resistant to stains
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- stock farm — a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- stratiform — Geology. occurring as a bed or beds; arranged in strata.
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- stroganoff — a dish of meat sautéed with onion and cooked in a sauce of sour cream, seasonings, and, usually, mushrooms: beef stroganoff.
- sugar loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- sugar-loaf — resembling a sugar-loaf.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- tammerfors — Swedish name of Tampere.
- task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
- tortfeasor — a person who commits a tort.
- transferor — a person who makes a transfer, as of property.
- trifarious — facing in three different directions
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.