9-letter words containing f, a, i, r, s
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- franglais — French spoken or written with a large admixture of English words, especially those of American origin.
- 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.
- frittatas — Plural form of frittata.
- froissart — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- furacious — given to stealing; thievish
- 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.
- infusoria — Irregular plural form of infusorium.
- isografts — Plural form of isograft.
- 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.
- ossifraga — a large fulmar
- 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.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rastafari — Rastafarian (def 1).
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- razorfish — any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safid rud — a river flowing from NW Iran into the Caspian Sea. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- 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
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- 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.