9-letter words containing f, a, s
- selfwards — in the direction of oneself
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- 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.
- shades of — something reminding one of something (or someone) past
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shake off — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shamefast — shamefaced.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- 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
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- 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.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- 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.
- slack off — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- small fry — child
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- snailfish — any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snakefish — lizardfish.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- so far as — as far as, in as much as
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- soft coal — bituminous coal.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- soft loan — A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- soft-soap — Informal. to cajole; flatter.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- solfatara — a fumarole that gives off only sulfurous gases.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
- soothfast — based on the truth; true.
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- 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
- splayfoot — a broad, flat foot, especially one turned outward.