9-letter words containing f, o, r, w
- rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- reforward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- screw off — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-off — a loafer; idler.
- 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
- showerful — abundant
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.
- subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- swear for — to give assurance for; guarantee
- swear off — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
- throw off — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
- twiforked — having two parts like a fork; bifurcate
- twiformed — consisting of two parts
- underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- wap forum — (body) The official body developing Wireless Application Protocol.
- watch for — be vigilant for, careful of
- waterford — a county in Munster province, in the S Republic of Ireland. 710 sq. mi. (1840 sq. km).
- waterfowl — a water bird, especially a swimming bird.
- wave-form — the shape of a wave, a graph obtained by plotting the instantaneous values of a periodic quantity against the time.
- waveforms — Plural form of waveform.
- wavefront — a surface, real or imaginary, that is the locus of all adjacent points at which the phase of oscillation is the same.
- waxflower — (botany) Any plant of the genus Hoya.
- wearproof — resistant to damage or deterioration by normal use or wear.
- wherefore — Archaic. for what? why?
- wherefrom — (archaic) from which.
- windproof — resisting wind, as fabric or a jacket or coat.
- wolfberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of the honeysuckle family, having gray, hairy, egg-shaped leaves and pinkish, bell-shaped flowers, and bearing white berries.
- wolfeboro — a town in E New Hampshire, on Lake Winnipesaukee: summer resort.
- wolframic — tungstic.
- wolfsburg — a city in Lower Saxony, in N central Germany, near Brunswick.
- wonderful — excellent; great; marvelous: We all had a wonderful weekend.
- wondreful — Obsolete form of wonderful.
- wood fern — any of several shield ferns of the genus Dryopteris.
- wood frog — a typically light-brown frog, Rana sylvatica, inhabiting moist woodlands of eastern North America, having a dark, masklike marking on the head.
- woodcraft — skill in anything that pertains to the woods or forest, especially in making one's way through the woods or in hunting, trapping, etc.
- woodruffs — Plural form of woodruff.
- work farm — a farm to which juvenile offenders are sent for a period to work, for disciplinary purposes or rehabilitation.
- work file — a temporary file that holds data during processing
- workforce — the total number of workers in a specific undertaking: a holiday for the company's work force.
- worse off — poorer
- write off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
- write-off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.