9-letter words containing f, i, r, m, a
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formamide — (organic compound) The amide of formic acid HCO-NH2 or any N-substituted derivative; they are used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- formating — Misspelling of formatting.
- formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- formicant — (medicine,obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fumigator — a person or thing that fumigates.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- graniform — Formed from or like corn.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- hill farm — a farm in a high area, usually concentrating on sheep, because of the lack of winter fodder
- infirmary — a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital: a school infirmary.
- informant — a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- link farm — (file system, Unix) A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- mainframe — a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users.
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- mammiform — having the shape of a breast
- manfriend — A male friend.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- minecraft — a type of warship for sweeping mines at sea.
- mirifical — (rare) miraculous, wonderful.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- oriflamme — the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
- ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
- planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- re-affirm — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- timeframe — the period of time within which certain events are scheduled to occur
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- wind farm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
- wireframe — a visual representation of the structure of a web page