9-letter words containing f, a, s
- 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.
- sad-faced — having a face characterized by or expressing sorrow.
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safe area — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
- safe seat — In politics, a safe seat is an area in which the candidate from one particular party nearly always wins by a large number of votes.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- 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
- 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.
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
- salt flat — an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- sand flea — beach flea.
- 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.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- save face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- sawed-off — sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
- 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.
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- 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.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- 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.
- seed leaf — a cotyledon.
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- self-care — care of the self without medical or other professional consultation.
- self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- self-made — having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- self-same — You use self-same when you want to emphasize that the person or thing mentioned is exactly the same as the one mentioned previously.
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.