8-letter words containing f, o, r, s
- overfish — to fish (an area) excessively; to exhaust the supply of usable fish in (certain waters): Scientists are concerned that fishing boats may overfish our coastal waters.
- oversoft — too soft
- parts of — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pass for — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pisiform — having the shape of a pea; pea-shaped.
- porkfish — a black and gold grunt, Anisotremus virginicus, of West Indian waters.
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postform — to remould or reshape plastic after reheating
- prefocus — to focus (something) in advance
- profuser — someone or something that is very wasteful of money
- prowfish — a fish, Zaprora silenus, of the North Pacific.
- reforest — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- refresco — a refreshment, as a soft drink.
- refusion — a new or further fusion
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- rockfish — any of various fishes found about rocks.
- roofless — having no roof.
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- rousseff — Dilma (ˈdʒiwmɐ). born 1947, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2011–16)
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- save for — Save for means the same as save.
- scoffers — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- seafloor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- setiform — bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- short of — having little length; not long.
- sign for — acknowledge receipt
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- soft roe — milt (def 2).
- soft rot — a disease of fruits and vegetables, characterized by a soft, watery decay of affected parts, caused by any of several bacteria or fungi.
- softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
- stafford — Jean, 1915–79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stormful — having many storms; stormy
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- sunproof — impervious to sunlight or damage by the rays of the sun.
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- ursiform — having the form of a bear; bear-shaped: the ursiform koala.
- vasiform — having the form of a duct or tube.
- westford — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- worksafe — (of an internet link, etc) suitable for viewing in the workplace because of an absence of pornographic content