7-letter words containing f, r, o
- forpine — to cause to waste away or pine
- forrard — (dialectal, chiefly, nautical) forward.
- forrest — Edwin, 1806–72, U.S. actor.
- forsaid — Simple past tense and past participle of forsay.
- forsake — to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- forseek — (transitive) To seek thoroughly (for); seek out.
- forseti — the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- forslow — to hinder or delay
- forsook — a simple past tense of forsake.
- forster — E(dward) M(organ) 1879–1970, English novelist.
- forsyth — Bill. born 1947, Scottish writer and director. His films include Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and Gregory's Two Girls (1999)
- fortier — a cardinal number, ten times four.
- forties — a cardinal number, ten times four.
- fortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- fortlet — a small fort
- fortran — a high-level programming language used mainly for solving problems in science and engineering.
- fortuit — (obsolete) Fortuitous.
- fortuna — the ancient Roman goddess of fortune, identified with the Greek goddess Tyche.
- fortune — position in life as determined by wealth: to make one's fortune.
- forward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- forwarn — (transitive) To prohibit; forbid; deny (right, access to, etc.).
- forwent — simple past tense of forgo.
- forwiss — Bayerische Forschungszentrum fuer Wissensbasierte Systeme (Bavarian research centre for knowledge-based systems) in Passau.
- forworn — worn-out; exhausted.
- fosbury — Richard D ("Dick") born 1947, U.S. athlete: developed “Fosbury flop” high jump style.
- fosters — Plural form of foster.
- foudrie — a foud's district or office
- foulard — a soft, lightweight silk, rayon, or cotton of plain or twill weave with printed design, for neckties, scarves, trimmings, etc.
- foulder — to thunder or flash like lightning
- foumart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- founder — a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
- foundry — an establishment for producing castings in molten metal.
- fourche — forked or divided into two at the extremity or in extremities: a lion's tail fourché; a cross fourché.
- fourgon — a long covered wagon for carrying baggage, goods, military supplies, etc.; a van or tumbril.
- fourier — François Marie Charles [frahn-swa ma-ree sharl] /frɑ̃ˈswa maˈri ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1772–1837, French socialist, writer, and reformer.
- fourish — (colloquial) Any time close to four o'clock.
- fourses — a snack eaten at around four o'clock in the afternoon
- fourths — Plural form of fourth.
- fowlers — Plural form of fowler.
- foxfire — organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
- foxtrot — a word used in communications to represent the letter F.
- fracton — A collective quantized vibration on a substrate with a fractal structure; the fractal analogue of a phonon.
- franco- — Franco- occurs in words connected with France and the French language. For example, a Francophile is someone who likes France and French culture.
- franion — a paramour; a lover
- freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
- fregola — A type of pasta originating in Sardinia, resembling couscous and typically made with semolina flour.
- fremont — John Charles, 1813–90, U.S. general and explorer: first Republican presidential candidate, 1856.
- frescos — Plural form of fresco.
- frisson — a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill: The movie offers the viewer the occasional frisson of seeing a character in mortal danger.
- frocked — Simple past tense and past participle of frock.