9-letter words containing f, o, b, a
- fake book — a collection of lead sheets for musicians, especially a songbook of standards for use by jazz instrumentalists.
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- favorably — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- ferryboat — a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
- fibonacci — Leonardo (leoˈnardo), also called Leonardo of Pisa. ?1170–?1250, Italian mathematician: popularized the decimal system in Europe
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firozabad — a city in Uttar Pradesh state, N central India.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- flat bond — a bond that is traded without accrued interest as part of the price.
- flatboats — Plural form of flatboat.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floggable — that ought to be flogged; deserving of flogging
- fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon
- focusable — Capable of being focused.
- foldboats — Plural form of foldboat.
- food bank — an agency, group, or center that collects food and distributes it to the needy.
- footballs — Plural form of football.
- footbaths — Plural form of footbath.
- footboard — a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- forbearer — to refrain or abstain from; desist from.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- forceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- forebears — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forgeable — (metallurgy) That can be forged (shaped under heat and pressure).
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- formboard — a board or slab serving as a form for poured concrete.
- foul ball — a batted ground ball that is hit and played outside the foul lines, or that passes outside the foul lines at first or third base, or that is played outside the foul line between home and first or third base regardless of where hit.
- framboise — raspberry.
- freeboard — Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- golf ball — a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
- goofballs — Plural form of goofball.
- half boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- off break — a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching
- off label — of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.
- off-board — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- off-brand — not having a recognized or popular brand or name: an off-brand TV set.
- off-label — of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.
- offenbach — Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1819–80, French composer.
- offerable — able to be offered