9-letter words containing f, o, n, s
- skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
- sling off — to laugh or jeer (at)
- sniff out — detect
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- snuff out — the charred or partly consumed portion of a candlewick.
- snuff-box — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- soft iron — iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss
- soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soft loan — A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries.
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soft sign — the Cyrillic letter (ь) as used in Russian to indicate that the preceding consonant is palatalized, or to represent (y) between a palatalized consonant and a vowel. See also jer (def 1).
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- softbound — book: paperback
- soften up — make softer
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- sound off — the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- span roof — a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spinproof — (of an airplane) designed so as to be highly resistant to a tailspin.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- spoon-fed — fed with a spoon.
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- 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.
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- suffusion — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
- townsfolk — citizens, local people
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- unconfuse — to remove confusion from
- unfocused — not brought into focus; lacking proper focus: an unfocused camera.
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- wofulness — the state or condition of being woeful
- wolfsbane — any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.