9-letter words containing f, r, o, b
- freeboard — Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.
- freebooty — plunder; loot; spoils.
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- frithborh — (from Old English) a frankpledge
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frostbelt — Snowbelt.
- frostbite — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- full bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- full-bore — moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- go before — precede
- ibuprofen — a white powder, C 13 H 18 O 2 , used especially in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic.
- job offer — an offer of employment
- libriform — (of a fibre of woody tissue) elongated and having a pitted thickened cell wall
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- noble fir — a fir, Abies procera, of the northwestern U.S., which may grow to a height of 250 feet (76 meters).
- off break — a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching
- off-board — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- off-brand — not having a recognized or popular brand or name: an off-brand TV set.
- offerable — able to be offered
- overbrief — too brief
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- subwoofer — a loudspeaker component designed to reproduce only extremely low bass frequencies, generally below 125 Hz.
- surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- surfboard — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- wolfberry — a North American shrub, Symphoricarpos occidentalis, of the honeysuckle family, having gray, hairy, egg-shaped leaves and pinkish, bell-shaped flowers, and bearing white berries.
- wolfeboro — a town in E New Hampshire, on Lake Winnipesaukee: summer resort.
- wolfsburg — a city in Lower Saxony, in N central Germany, near Brunswick.