9-letter words containing f, e, o, r, s
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- scare off — frighten away
- score off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
- scot-free — completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
- screw off — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-off — a loafer; idler.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- septiform — sevenfold
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- showerful — abundant
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- soufriere — Also, La Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 feet (1234 meters).
- sourceful — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- stretford — an industrial town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 42 103 (2001)
- subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
- supersoft — exceptionally soft
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- swear for — to give assurance for; guarantee
- swear off — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- versiform — changing in form
- waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
- worse off — poorer