9-letter words containing f, o, d, s
- offsaddle — (transitive, chiefly, South Africa) To unsaddle; remove the saddle from.
- offshored — Simple past tense and past participle of offshore.
- offsiders — Plural form of offsider.
- oilfields — Plural form of oilfield.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- 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.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- sawed-off — sawed off at the end, as a shotgun or broomstick.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- sevenfold — comprising seven parts or members.
- sfd-algol — System Function Description-ALGOL. Extension of ALGOL for synchronous systems. Sammet 1969, p.625.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- shades of — something reminding one of something (or someone) past
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- sheepfold — an enclosure for sheep.
- side-foot — In football, if a player side-foots the ball, they kick it with the side of their foot.
- skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
- skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
- slow food — food that has been prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- softbound — book: paperback
- softgoods — clothing and soft furniture
- softmodem — The integration of modem controller and data pump algorithms into a single RAM-based DSP hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random-access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user.
- solid for — unanimously in favour of
- solifugid — sun spider.
- soul food — traditional black American cookery, which originated in the rural South, consisting of such foods as chitterlings, pig knuckles, turnip greens, and cornbread.
- sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- spoon-fed — fed with a spoon.
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- strafford — 1st Earl of (Thomas Wentworth) 1593–1641, English statesman: chief adviser of Charles I of England.
- stratford — a town in SW Connecticut, near Bridgeport: Shakespeare theater.
- stretford — an industrial town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 42 103 (2001)
- sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
- surfboard — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- unfocused — not brought into focus; lacking proper focus: an unfocused camera.
- woodruffs — Plural form of woodruff.