9-letter words containing f, a, r, s
- 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
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- sassafras — an American tree, Sassafras albidum, of the laurel family, having egg-shaped leaves and long clusters of greenish-yellow flowers.
- 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.
- scare off — frighten away
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- scarifier — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- see after — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- self-care — care of the self without medical or other professional consultation.
- self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
- selfwards — in the direction of oneself
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- shelfware — Computers. software or hardware that remains unsold, unused, or underused: shelfware as part of a bundled license deal.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- sigrdrifa — a Valkyrie who, for disobedience to Odin, sleeps within a circle of fire until awakened by Sigurd.
- small fry — child
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- so far as — as far as, in as much as
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- solfatara — a fumarole that gives off only sulfurous gases.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- span roof — a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- spark off — cause, provoke
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- staffroom — room for teachers at school
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- start off — begin sth
- statfarad — the electrostatic unit of capacitance, equivalent to 1.1126 × 10 −12 farad and equal to the capacitance of a condenser in which one statcoulomb is transferred from one conductor of the condenser to the other per volt of potential difference between the conductors.
- sternfast — a rope for securing a boat at stern to another boat, dock, or buoy
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- strafford — 1st Earl of (Thomas Wentworth) 1593–1641, English statesman: chief adviser of Charles I of England.