9-letter words containing f, a, r, e, s
- 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.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- overfalls — Oceanography. water made rough by a strong current moving over a shoal, by an opposing current, or by winds blowing against the current.
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- perforans — (of nerves, muscles, or blood vessels) perforating or penetrating other anatomical structures
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- profaners — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- 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.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- resurface — to give a new surface to.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safe area — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments