9-letter words containing f, o, r, s
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- forkiness — the state of being forky
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- forssmann — Werner [German ver-nuh r] /German ˈvɛr nər/ (Show IPA), 1904–79, German surgeon: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- forswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fort mims — Fort. Fort Mims.
- fort sill — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SW Oklahoma, N of Lawton; field artillery school.
- fortieths — Plural form of fortieth.
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fossarian — fossor.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fossorial — digging or burrowing.
- fosterage — the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- four bits — 50 cents.
- four-eyes — Slang: Usually Disparaging. a person who wears eyeglasses (sometimes used facetiously).
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- four-star — of or being a full general or admiral, as indicated by four stars on an insignia.
- fourscore — four times twenty; eighty.
- foursomes — Plural form of foursome.
- fourteens — Plural form of fourteen.
- fox brush — the tail of a fox.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- framboise — raspberry.
- francisco — a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- freakshow — Alternative spelling of freak show.
- 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.
- freeholds — Plural form of freehold.
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- freemason — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- freestone — a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.