10-letter words containing f, e, t, o, r, s
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
- profitless — 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.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- setiferous — having setae or bristles.
- settle for — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.
- short-life — not designed to last
- six-footer — a person who is roughly six feet tall.
- soft power — the ability to achieve one's goals without force, esp by diplomacy, persuasion, etc
- soft serve — frozen custard
- softballer — a person who plays or is an enthusiast of softball.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- starflower — any of several plants having starlike flowers, as the star-of-Bethlehem or a plant belonging to the genus Trientalis of the primrose family.
- stelliform — star-shaped.
- stop-frame — Also called stop frame. the process of filming puppets and other objects one frame at a time while incrementally moving or modifying them, giving the illusion of lifelike motion when the captured film frames are viewed in rapid sequence (often used attributively): stop-motion animation; a stop-motion film.
- storefront — the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
- stouthrief — theft using force or violence
- streamflow — the water that flows in a specific stream site, especially its volume and rate of flow.
- strike off — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
- surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- tammerfors — Swedish name of Tampere.
- task force — Navy, Military. a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
- the forces — the armed services of a nation
- tortfeasor — a person who commits a tort.
- transferor — a person who makes a transfer, as of property.
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unforested — not forested
- unfostered — not brought up by a parent
- vitiferous — vine-bearing
- wavefronts — Plural form of wavefront.
- west fargo — a city in SE North Dakota: suburb of Fargo.
- xenografts — Plural form of xenograft.