9-letter words containing f, e, r, o, n, i
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frontenis — a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- frontiers — Plural form of frontier.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- inferiors — Plural form of inferior.
- inferiour — Obsolete spelling of inferior.
- informers — Plural form of informer.
- infortune — Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.
- interflow — to flow into each other; intermingle.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- metformin — an oral drug, C 4 H 11 N 5 , used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, often in combination with repaglinide.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- noble fir — a fir, Abies procera, of the northwestern U.S., which may grow to a height of 250 feet (76 meters).
- offerings — Plural form of offering.
- on relief — alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- open fire — start shooting
- penniform — shaped like a feather; (esp of muscles) having fibres attached to the tendon in a feather-like fashion
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- poriferan — any animal of the phylum Porifera, comprising the sponges.
- preinform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- reconfine — to confine (something or someone) again
- reconfirm — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- refine on — to improve, as by adding refinements
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflexion — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- reforming — the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.: social reform; spelling reform.
- reinforce — to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material: to reinforce a wall.
- reznikoff — Charles, 1894–1976, U.S. poet.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches