9-letter words containing f, o, a, m
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonfarmer — a person who is not a farmer
- nonformal — Not formal.
- old flame — An old flame is someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
- 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.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- poor farm — a farm maintained at public expense for the housing and support of paupers.
- preformat — to format in advance
- pro forma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- staffroom — room for teachers at school
- styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- take form — be shaped
- tamoxifen — an antineoplastic drug, C 26 H 29 NO, that blocks the estrogen receptors on cancer cells, used in the treatment of breast cancer.
- tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
- team foul — one of a number of personal fouls committed within a specified period that do not exceed the allowable limit after which the opposing team begins to receive bonus free throws.
- terraform — to alter the environment of (a celestial body) in order to make capable of supporting terrestrial life forms.
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- wap forum — (body) The official body developing Wireless Application Protocol.
- wave-form — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
- wolframic — tungstic.
- work farm — a farm to which juvenile offenders are sent for a period to work, for disciplinary purposes or rehabilitation.