9-letter words containing f, o, s
- foreshock — a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.
- foreshoot — The leading shoot.
- foreshore — the ground between the water's edge and cultivated land; land along the edge of a body of water.
- foreshows — Plural form of foreshow.
- foresight — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foreskins — Plural form of foreskin.
- foreskirt — the front skirt of an article of clothing (as opposed to the train)
- forespeak — to predict; foretell.
- forespent — forspent.
- forestaff — cross-staff.
- forestage — the part of a stage in front of the proscenium or the closed curtain, as the apron or an extension of the apron.
- forestair — an external staircase
- forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
- forestays — Plural form of forestay.
- foresters — Plural form of forester.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forestine — relating to forests
- foresting — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- forestock — (firearms) forearm; handguard.
- foreswear — Alternative spelling of forswear.
- foresworn — Simple past tense and past participle of foreswear.
- foretaste — a slight and partial experience, knowledge, or taste of something to come in the future; anticipation.
- foretells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretell.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- forewings — Plural form of forewing.
- forewords — Plural form of foreword.
- forgeries — Plural form of forgery.
- forjaskit — exhausted
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- forkiness — the state of being forky
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- forssmann — Werner [German ver-nuh r] /German ˈvɛr nər/ (Show IPA), 1904–79, German surgeon: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- forswears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forswear.
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fort mims — Fort. Fort Mims.
- fort sill — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SW Oklahoma, N of Lawton; field artillery school.
- fortieths — Plural form of fortieth.
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.