9-letter words containing f, e, r, o, s, i
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- framboise — raspberry.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- 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.
- 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.
- frostbite — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- horrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horrify.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- inferiors — Plural form of inferior.
- informers — Plural form of informer.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- misformed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- modifiers — a person or thing that modifies.
- mortifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortify.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- odiferous — Odoriferous; smelly.
- of theirs — belonging to or associated with them
- offerings — Plural form of offering.
- offsiders — Plural form of offsider.
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- 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.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments