9-letter words containing e, f, o
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biofouler — an animal that obstructs or pollutes the environment
- biofueled — running on biofuel
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bob-fosse — Robert Louis ("Bob") 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonne foi — sincerity.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- bottleful — the amount a bottle will hold
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- cacafuego — a person with a fiery temper
- cafe noir — black coffee
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- catfooted — having feet resembling those of a cat.
- cefoxitin — a broad-spectrum, crystalline, semisynthetic cephalosporin antibiotic, C 16 H 17 N 3 O 7 , used in the treatment of serious infections caused by susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
- cents-off — of or relating to a marketing device, as a coupon, that entitles a buyer to a specified amount off the regular price.
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- check off — When you check things off, you check or count them while referring to a list of them, to make sure you have considered all of them.
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- choke off — To choke off financial growth means to restrict or control the rate at which a country's economy can grow.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.
- close off — To close something off means to separate it from other things or people so that they cannot go there.
- closetful — a quantity that may be contained in a closet
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- cockneyfy — to cause (one's speech, manners, etc) to fit the stereotyped idea of a cockney
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- codfishes — Plural form of codfish.
- codifiers — Plural form of codifier.
- cofeature — a joint feature