9-letter words containing f, o, i, e
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- feracious — Producing in abundance; fertile, fruitful.
- fermionic — (physics) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fermions.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- fibrocyte — an inactive fibroblast
- fibroline — a yarn made from waste products at cotton factories
- fibrolite — sillimanite.
- fidelismo — Castroism.
- fieldboot — a close-fitting knee-length boot
- fieldvole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fifty-one — a cardinal number, 50 plus 1.
- figure on — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- filoselle — Floss silk, or silk thread resembling this, used in embroidery.
- fine-comb — to use a fine-tooth comb on.
- fire boss — a person who inspects a mine for the presence of noxious gases, dangerous roofs, and other hazards.
- fire door — a door through which a boiler or furnace is fired or through which the fire is inspected.
- fire hose — a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire-plow — a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.
- fireboxes — Plural form of firebox.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
- firehorse — a horse used to pull a horse-drawn fire engine.
- firehouse — fire station.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- firepower — the capability of a military force, unit, or weapons system as measured by the amount of gunfire, number of missiles, etc., deliverable to a target.
- fireproof — resistant to destruction by fire.
- firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
- firethorn — any of several evergreen, thorny Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Pyracantha, of the rose family, many species of which are cultivated for their foliage and ornamental fruits.
- firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
- firewoman — A female firefighter.
- firewomen — Plural form of firewoman.
- fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishbones — Plural form of fishbone.
- fissioned — split or broken into parts
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- five hole — the opening between a goaltender's parted legs.
- five-door — a car with five doors
- five-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing five pips; a domino one half of which bears five pips.