10-letter words containing f, o, r
- rolf kraki — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and in accounts by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus: involved in great battles with his stepfather, Adils of Sweden.
- roof guard — any device for preventing snow from sliding off a sloping roof.
- roof light — a window built into a roof to admit light and ventilation
- roof panel — The roof panel is the section of material, usually sheet metal, that forms the roof of a vehicle.
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- root field — a field containing a given field in which every polynomial can be written as the product of linear factors.
- root graft — Horticulture. the process of grafting a shoot or stem of one plant onto a section of root of another.
- 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.
- rotorcraft — a rotary-wing aircraft.
- rough fish — any fish that is not valued as a sport fish or considered a significant source of food by sport fishers.
- round file — circular file.
- royal fern — a coarse fern, Osmunda regalis, having tall, upright fronds.
- royal fizz — a beverage consisting of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and an egg.
- rub off on — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- run for it — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run out of — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
- 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
- shoplifter — a person who steals goods from the shelves or displays of a retail store while posing as a customer.
- shorefront — land along a shore.
- short fuse — a quick temper: A person with a short fuse has to be handled diplomatically.