9-letter words containing f, s, m
- news film — a film showing main events in the news
- off stump — the outside stump opposite the one at which the batsman stands.
- pisciform — shaped like a fish.
- platforms — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- proformas — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- reformers — a person devoted to bringing about reform, as in politics or society.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- self-harm — injury inflicted deliberately on yourself
- self-made — having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- self-same — You use self-same when you want to emphasize that the person or thing mentioned is exactly the same as the one mentioned previously.
- semideify — to elevate (a person, object, or nature) to the status of a demigod.
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- semistiff — somewhat or fairly stiff; partially stiff
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septiform — sevenfold
- serriform — resembling the notched edge of a saw; serrated.
- shamefast — shamefaced.
- shelfroom — the space on a shelf
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- small fry — child
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- softmodem — The integration of modem controller and data pump algorithms into a single RAM-based DSP hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random-access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- spiniform — like a thorn or spine
- staffroom — room for teachers at school
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- stud farm — place where horses are bred
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- styrofoam — Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- sub-frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- superfarm — a very large farm, sometimes incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller farms
- superfirm — a very large firm or corporation, often incorporating or coordinating a number of smaller firms
- surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
- swampfish — a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- time fuse — a fuse designed to burn for a given time, esp to explode a bomb
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.