10-letter words containing f, o, r, s
- profascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- professing — to lay claim to, often insincerely; pretend to: He professed extreme regret.
- profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
- profitless — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profitwise — from the point of view of profit
- purposeful — having a purpose.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- remorseful — full of remorse.
- resolidify — to (cause to) become solid again
- ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
- rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
- riflescope — a telescopic sight mounted on top of a rifle that helps to improve one's aim by magnifying and pinpointing a target.
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- rock falls — a city in NW Illinois.
- rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- rose fever — a form of hay fever caused by the inhalation of rose pollen, characterized by nasal discharge and lacrimation.
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- saliferous — containing or producing salt: saliferous strata.
- salverform — (of the corolla of the phlox and certain other flowers) consisting of a narrow tube with flat spreading terminal petals
- samariform — having the form of a samara.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saponifier — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scoutcraft — practice of or skill at scouting.
- screen off — If part of a room or area is screened off, it is made into a separate area, using a screen.
- scrofulous — pertaining to, resembling, of the nature of, or affected with scrofula.
- scrub fowl — megapode.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- sebiferous — producing or carrying a fatty, oily, or waxlike substance
- securiform — (of plants) having the shape of an axe
- self-worth — the sense of one's own value or worth as a person; self-esteem; self-respect.
- self-wrong — wrong done to oneself.
- semiformal — partly formal; containing some formal elements: a semiformal occasion; semiformal attire.
- semifreddo — a partially frozen Italian dessert similar to ice cream
- send forth — to be a source of; cause to appear; give out or forth; produce, emit, utter, etc.
- setiferous — having setae or bristles.
- settle for — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- sex factor — a sex-determining chromosome or gene.
- shellproof — protected against the explosive effect of shells or bombs.
- shirtfront — front of a shirt
- shockproof — Also, shock-proof. (of timepieces, machinery, etc.) protected against damage resulting from anticipated shocks.
- shop floor — The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge.
- shop front — A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows.
- shopfitter — a worker who makes and installs fittings for commercial premises