9-letter words containing f, r, o
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoggers — Plural form of defogger.
- deforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforest.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
- defrosted — Simple past tense and past participle of defrost.
- defroster — a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- disciform — resembling the shape of a disc
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disfrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disfrock.
- disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
- disprofit — to (cause to) fail to profit
- dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- downforce — a force produced by air resistance plus gravity that increases the stability of an aircraft or motor vehicle by pressing it downwards
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drift off — fall asleep
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftwood — wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it.
- drive off — vehicle: pull out, move off
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- dufferdom — the state of being or the characteristic appearance or behaviour of a duffer (in the sense of a useless and incompetent person)
- dustproof — impervious to or free of dust.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- el ferrol — a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: fortified naval base, with a deep natural harbour. Pop: 78 764 (2003 est)
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- escoffier — (Georges) Auguste (oɡyst). 1846–1935, French chef at the Savoy Hotel, London (1890–99)
- fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- face cord — a measure of wood cut for fuel, as arranged in a pile 8 feet wide, 4 feet high, and with pieces 12 to 18 inches in length
- factor in — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factor ix — a blood constituent necessary for clotting, the absence of which is characterized by a hemophilialike condition.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.