9-letter words containing f, o, r, e, i
- fortified — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortifier — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- fortunize — to make happy or fortunate
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foveiform — shaped like a small pit or depression
- framboise — raspberry.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from life — from a living model
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frontenis — a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- frontiers — Plural form of frontier.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostbite — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frugivore — any chiefly fruit-eating organism, as certain bats.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- gemmiform — shaped like a bud.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- glorifier — Agent noun of glorify; one who glorifies.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- go figure — expression incomprehension
- goffering — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- homefries — Plural form of homefry.
- horrified — showing or indicating great shock or horror: a horrified gasp; a horrified expression.
- horrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of horrify.
- horsefish — moonfish (def 1).
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- inferiors — Plural form of inferior.
- inferiour — Obsolete spelling of inferior.
- informers — Plural form of informer.
- infortune — Astrology. a planet or aspect of evil influence, especially Saturn or Mars.