9-letter words containing f, r, o
- be in for — If you say that someone is in for a shock or a surprise, you mean that they are going to experience it.
- be rid of — to be freed from or relieved of (something undesirable)
- beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- bell frog — any of several tree frogs having a bell-like call.
- beresford — Bruce. born 1940, Australian film director. His films include The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972), Breaker Morant (1980), Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and Evelyn (2002)
- biddeford — a city in SW Maine.
- bifarious — having parts arranged in two rows on either side of a central axis
- biformity — having or combining two forms, as a centaur or mermaid.
- biofibres — vegetable, animal, or mineral fibres existing in nature which are used by man
- biofouler — an animal that obstructs or pollutes the environment
- bird food — a mixture of seeds, grains, nuts, etc, suitable for birds to eat
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
- bombproof — capable of withstanding the impact of bombs
- book fair — a commercial event at which publishers exhibit and trade books
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- bound for — going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for): The train is bound for Denver.
- bow front — swell front.
- bow-front — having a front with a convex curve
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- bring off — If you bring off something difficult, you do it successfully.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- bromoform — a heavy colourless liquid substance with a sweetish taste and an odour resembling that of chloroform. Formula: CHBr3
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- bursiform — shaped like a pouch or sac
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- cafe noir — black coffee
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- capriform — resembling a goat
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis