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9-letter words containing f, o, s

  • split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
  • spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
  • spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
  • spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
  • spoon-fed — fed with a spoon.
  • spot fine — penalty paid immediately
  • spout off — to spout words in a way that is hasty, irresponsible, etc.
  • staffroom — room for teachers at school
  • stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs
  • stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
  • stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
  • start off — begin sth
  • stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
  • stockfish — fish, as the cod or haddock, cured by splitting and drying in the air without salt.
  • stoneface — living stones.
  • stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
  • strafford — 1st Earl of (Thomas Wentworth) 1593–1641, English statesman: chief adviser of Charles I of England.
  • stratford — a town in SW Connecticut, near Bridgeport: Shakespeare theater.
  • stretford — an industrial town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 42 103 (2001)
  • strip off — remove clothes
  • styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
  • styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
  • subfossil — something partly fossilized
  • suboffice — a branch or local office of a business
  • subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
  • sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
  • suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • suffusion — to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.
  • sugarloaf — a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.
  • sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
  • sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
  • sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
  • sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
  • sulfurous — of, relating to, or containing sulfur, especially in the tetravalent state.
  • 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.
  • superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
  • supersoft — exceptionally soft
  • surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
  • surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
  • surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
  • surfboard — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • 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.
  • sweat off — to perspire, especially freely or profusely.
  • swift fox — a small fox, Vulpes velox, of the plains of W North America
  • swordfish — a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
  • teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
  • theftuous — (of a person) tending to commit theft
  • top shelf — of highest quality
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