9-letter words containing f, a, c, o
- frogmarch — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
- frontenac — Comte de (kɔ̃t də). title of Louis de Buade. 1620–98, governor of New France (1672–82; 1689–98)
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- furcation — forked; branching.
- gerfalcon — gyrfalcon.
- golf cart — a small, battery-powered, three- or four-wheel vehicle used for transporting one or two golfers and their equipment around a golf course.
- goodfaced — with a handsome face
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- infractor — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- lose face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- macroform — an image or reproduction, as of a document, in a size that permits reading or viewing with the naked eye.
- magnifico — a Venetian nobleman.
- moon-calf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- mooncraft — a lunar module
- moonfaced — Alternative spelling of moon-faced.
- motoscafo — a passenger motorboat most often used on the canals in Venice
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- nonfactor — Something which is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- off-track — designating or of legalized betting on horse races, carried on at places away from the racetrack
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- officials — Plural form of official.
- officiant — a person who officiates at a religious service or ceremony.
- officiary — pertaining to or derived from an office, as a title.
- officiate — to perform the office of a member of the clergy, as at a divine service.
- officinal — kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Compare magistral (def 1).
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- opacifier — an agent added to render something opaque
- orificial — (medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body.
- outcrafty — to be craftier than
- picofarad — one trillionth of a farad. Abbreviation: pF.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- rh factor — any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
- roadcraft — the skills and knowledge used to drive road vehicles
- rock face — a perpendicular side of a rock
- rock fall — a fall of loose rocks