8-letter words containing f, r, o
- fox-fire — organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
- fox-trot — to dance a fox trot.
- foxberry — the cowberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- frailero — an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- freeboot — to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.
- freeborn — born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
- freedoms — Plural form of freedom.
- freefone — A Freefone telephone number is one which you can dial without having to pay for the call.
- freeform — Alternative spelling of free-form.
- freehold — a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778.
- freeload — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- freeport — a village on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- freepost — Freepost is a system in Britain which allows you to send mail to certain organizations without paying for the postage. 'Freepost' is written on the envelope as part of the address.
- freeroll — (poker) A poker tournament with no entry fee.
- freetown — an independent republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 27,925 sq. mi. (72,326 sq. km). Capital: Freetown.
- frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- frescoer — a person who paints in fresco
- frescoes — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- fretsome — Fretful, fidgety, restless.
- fretwork — ornamental work consisting of interlacing parts, especially work in which the design is formed by perforation.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- fricando — fricandeau.
- friction — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- frijoles — any bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the kidney bean, the seeds of which are used for food in Mexico, in the southwestern U.S., etc.
- frissons — Plural form of frisson.
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frogeyed — (of a person) having a bulging eye or bulging eyes
- frogfish — any tropical marine fish of the family Antennariidae, having a wide, froglike mouth and broad, limblike pectoral fins.
- froggery — a collection of frogs
- froggies — Plural form of froggy.
- frogging — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- froglike — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frogling — A young or little frog.
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frondent — abounding in fronds; leafy
- frondeur — a rebel; rioter.
- frondizi — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–1995, Argentine lawyer and political leader; president of Argentina 1958–62.
- frondose — bearing fronds.
- front up — to pay (money) at the beginning of a business arrangement