6-letter words containing f, o, s
- forams — Plural form of foram.
- forays — Plural form of foray.
- forbes — B(ertie) C(harles) 1880–1954, U.S. financial journalist, publisher, and financier.
- forces — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- forest — Lee, 1873–1961, U.S. inventor of radio, telegraphic, and telephonic equipment.
- forges — Plural form of forge.
- formes — Plural form of forme.
- forsay — To forbid.
- forsee — (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
- fortas — Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- fortes — Plural form of forte.
- forths — Plural form of forth.
- fortis — pronounced with considerable muscular tension and breath pressure, resulting in a strong fricative or explosive sound. In stressed position (p, t, k, ch, f, th, s, sh) and sometimes (h) are fortis in English as compared with (b, d, g, j, v, th̸, z, and zh), which are lenis. Compare lenis.
- forums — Plural form of forum.
- foshan — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in S central Guangdong province, in SE China, near Canton.
- fossae — a pit, cavity, or depression, as in a bone.
- fossed — having a ditch or moat
- fosses — Plural form of foss.
- fosset — Obsolete form of faucet.
- fossey — Dian [dahy-an] /daɪˈæn/ (Show IPA), 1932–85, U.S. zoologist: expert on great apes.
- fossil — any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- fossor — (in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
- foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- founds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of found.
- founts — font2 .
- fousty — (Bristol) Fusty.
- fowers — Plural form of fower.
- fowles — John (Martin). 1926–2005, British novelist. His books include The Collector (1963), The Magus (1966), The French Lieutenant's Woman (1969), and The Tree (1991)
- foxies — Plural form of foxie.
- foyers — Plural form of foyer.
- fresco — A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
- fresno — a city in central California.
- frisco — San Francisco.
- frocks — Plural form of frock.
- froise — a type of pancake often made with bacon
- fronds — Plural form of frond.
- fronts — Plural form of front.
- frosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frost.
- frosty — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- froths — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of froth.
- frousy — frowzy.
- frowns — Plural form of frown.
- frowst — A warm, stuffy atmosphere in a room.
- frowsy — frowzy.
- fucose — (carbohydrate) The aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in several glycans and mucopolysaccharides.
- fumous — full of gas, smoke, or fumes; emitting gas, smoke, or fumes
- furors — Plural form of furor.
- fusion — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- futons — Plural form of futon.
- fynbos — (botany) Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom made up chiefly of Proteaceae, restios and Ericaceae.