9-letter words containing f, o, r, s
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sforzando — to be played with strong initial attack
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shear off — remove by cutting, slice away
- shed roof — a roof having a single slope.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
- shoot for — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- short for — having little length; not long.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- shotproof — able to withstand shot
- showerful — abundant
- shroffage — the commission charged by a money dealer
- shrug off — to raise and contract (the shoulders), expressing indifference, disdain, etc.
- skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- so far as — as far as, in as much as
- soffritto — Also called battuto. Italian Cookery. a base for stews and soups, consisting of hot oil, butter, or fat in which a chopped onion or crushed garlic clove has been browned, often with the addition of chopped parsley, celery, and carrot.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- soft iron — iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soft rock — a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- solfatara — a fumarole that gives off only sulfurous gases.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- solid for — unanimously in favour of
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- soporific — causing or tending to cause sleep.
- sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- soufriere — Also, La Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 feet (1234 meters).
- sourceful — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- soy flour — finely ground soybeans, most commonly used as an additive to other flours, processed meats, cereals, etc.
- span roof — a roof having two slopes of equal breadth and pitch meeting at a common ridge.
- spark off — cause, provoke
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spinproof — (of an airplane) designed so as to be highly resistant to a tailspin.
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- staffroom — room for teachers at school
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs