9-letter words containing f, e, t, o
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- outfitted — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- outfitter — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- outfumble — to exceed in fumbling
- outoffice — an outbuilding
- overdraft — an act or instance of overdrawing a checking account.
- overstaff — to provide an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstuff — to force too much into: If you overstuff your suitcase, the fastenings may not hold.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- perfector — a person who completes or makes something perfect
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- pocketful — the amount that a pocket will hold.
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- post-free — British. postpaid.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preformat — to format in advance
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- 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.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- reef knot — a square knot used in reefing sails.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- refectory — a dining hall in a religious house, a college, or other institution.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflector — a person or thing that reflects.
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- refortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- retrofire — to ignite (a retrorocket).
- retroflex — bent backward; exhibiting retroflexion.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- roquefort — a blue-veined cheese with a strong flavour, made from ewes' milk: matured in caves
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- 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.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- septiform — sevenfold
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- side-foot — In football, if a player side-foots the ball, they kick it with the side of their foot.
- soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soft sell — gentle persuasion to buy sth
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- soft-sell — to promote (a product, service, etc.) using indirect or gentle persuasion: an advertising campaign to soft-sell a new perfume.
- soft-shoe — of, relating to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps.