9-letter words containing f, a, i, r, s, e
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- frailties — Plural form of frailty.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- franseria — any of several herbs or shrubs of the genus Franseria, native to western North America.
- freakiest — Superlative form of freaky.
- fresh air — clean, outdoor air
- fricassee — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.
- gas-fired — using a gas for fuel.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- grassfire — A fire burning over grass or grassland.
- gratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gratify.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- scarifier — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
- unfairest — most unfair
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.