9-letter words containing i, n, f, r
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- flour bin — a small container for flour
- flowering — bearing flowers.
- flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
- foilborne — (of a vessel) moving on the water on hydrofoils, with the hull out of the water.
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- footering — Present participle of footer.
- footprint — a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand.
- foraminal — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- forboding — Alternative form of foreboding.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- foregoing — previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- forenight — (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
- forensics — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- foreskins — Plural form of foreskin.
- forestine — relating to forests
- foresting — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- forethink — to have prescience of
- forewings — Plural form of forewing.
- forgiving — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- forkiness — the state of being forky
- form nail — a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.
- formating — Misspelling of formatting.
- formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.
- formicant — (medicine,obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- forsaking — Present participle of forsake.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- fortition — Phonetics. a phonological process that strengthens consonant articulation at the beginnings of syllables, causing devoicing or the formation of stops.
- fortnight — the space of fourteen nights and days; two weeks.
- fortran i — An early version of Fortran designed by John Backus at IBM for the IBM 704. The design was begun in 1954 and a compiler released in April 1957.
- fortuning — Present participle of fortune.
- fortunize — to make happy or fortunate
- fossarian — fossor.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francis i — 1494–1547, king of France 1515–47.
- francisco — a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.