9-letter words containing f, r, i, n
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- sherifian — pertaining to a descendant of Muhammad through his daughter Fatima
- signifier — a person or thing that signifies.
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- soft iron — iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- spinproof — (of an airplane) designed so as to be highly resistant to a tailspin.
- stiffener — a person or thing that stiffens.
- suffering — the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- superfine — extra fine, as in grain or texture; unusually fine: superfine sugar.
- surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- threadfin — any spiny-rayed fishes of the family Polynemidae, having the lower part of the pectoral fin composed of numerous, separate, filamentous rays.
- trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- unbriefed — not instructed or briefed
- underfire — to bake insufficiently
- underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
- unfairest — most unfair
- unfearing — having no fear
- unfigured — not numbered
- unfurling — to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
- unfurnish — to clear of furniture or furnishings
- unguiform — shaped like a nail or claw
- uniformed — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- uniformly — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
- unrefined — not refined; not purified, as substances: unrefined metal.
- unroofing — to take off the roof or covering of.
- unthrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- verifying — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- vint cerf — (person) (Vinton G. Cerf) The co-inventor with Bob Kahn of the Internet and its base protocol, TCP/IP. Like Jon Postel, he was crucial in the development of many higher-level protocols, and has written several dozen RFCs since the late 1960s. Vinton Cerf is senior vice president of Internet Architecture and Technology for MCI WorldCom. His team of architects and engineers design advanced Internet frameworks for delivering a combination of data, information, voice and video services for business and consumer use. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his partner, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Prior to rejoining MCI in 1994, Cerf was vice president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI). As vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982-1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial e-mail service to be connected to the Internet. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies. Cerf served as founding president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995 and is currently chairman of the Board. Cerf is a member of the U.S. Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the Advisory Committee for Telecommunications (ACT) in Ireland. Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards and commendations in connection with his work on the Internet. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People." In addition to his work on behalf of MCI and the Internet, Cerf serves as technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict," the number one television show in first-run syndication. He also made a special guest appearance in May 1998. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet. Cerf holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford University and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from UCLA. He also holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Lulea University of Technology, Sweden; University of the Balearic Islands, Palma; Capitol College and Gettysburg College.
- wayfaring — (of a person) traveling on foot.
- wind farm — a large grouping of wind generators or wind plants located at a site having dependable strong winds.
- windproof — resisting wind, as fabric or a jacket or coat.
- winterfed — Simple past tense and past participle of winterfeed.