10-letter words containing f, a, r, s
- mutessarif — an administrator or governor of a sanjak or province in the former Ottoman Empire
- oak forest — a town in NE Illinois.
- obfuscator — Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates.
- off stream — (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- parrotfish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- passiflora — a plant of the genus Passiflora
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- quasi-free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- rabbitfish — a puffer, Lagocephalus laevigatus.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rafsanjani — Hojatolislam Ali Akbar Hashemi, born 1935, president of Iran 1989–97.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- ras tafari — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- relay fast — (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- resurfacer — a machine or tool used for resurfacing
- retransfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- ring flash — a type of electronic flash in which the light source is arranged in a ring around the lens in order to produce a light without shadows
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- ruffianish — like a ruffian
- ruffianism — conduct befitting a ruffian.
- rumfustian — a type of spiced nightcap made with beer
- saccharify — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- sacrificer — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safari hat — brimmed hat worn on wildlife tours
- safety car — life car.
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- samariform — having the form of a samara.
- san rafael — a city in W Argentina.