9-letter words containing f, a, s
- grassfire — A fire burning over grass or grassland.
- gratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gratify.
- hagfishes — Plural form of hagfish.
- half hose — short hose; socks.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-hose — socks
- half-mast — a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.
- half-shut — partially closed
- half-size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- half-used — previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- halfbacks — Plural form of halfback.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handstaff — a small spear
- hausfraus — Plural form of hausfrau.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- 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.
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- infancies — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- infandous — (obsolete) Extremely odious.
- infestant — a parasite
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- infusoria — Irregular plural form of infusorium.
- isografts — Plural form of isograft.
- jackshaft — Also called countershaft. a short shaft, connected by belting, gears, etc., that transmits motion from a motor or engine to a machine or machines being driven (distinguished from main shaft).
- jackstaff — A short flagpole at a ship’s bow, on which a jack is flown.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.