8-letter words containing f, o, r
- root for — to encourage a team or contestant by cheering or applauding enthusiastically. Synonyms: cheer, cheer on, shout for, applaud, clap, boost, support.
- rope off — block access to, cordon off
- rosefish — redfish (def 1).
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotiform — shaped like a wheel.
- rotproof — resistant to rotting.
- rousseff — Dilma (ˈdʒiwmɐ). born 1947, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2011–16)
- rudolf i — 1218–91, king of Germany and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1273–91: founder of the Hapsburg dynasty.
- runproof — made to resist unraveling, runs, or running, as stockings or dyes.
- ryeflour — a flour made from rye
- 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.
- take for — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- tear off — designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear-off order blank.
- tear-off — designed to be easily removed by tearing, usually along a perforated line: a sales letter with a tear-off order blank.
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- therefor — for or in exchange for that or this; for it: a refund therefor.
- tradeoff — the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade.
- trafford — a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 211 800 (2003 est). Area: 106 sq km (41 sq miles)
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- trothful — faithful or loyal
- troutful — (of a river, stream, lake or other body of water) full of trout
- tubiform — shaped like a tube.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.