9-letter words containing m, a, s, f
- flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flameless — That does not emit flames.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flamsteed — John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- flash rom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flashlamp — an electric lamp, usually containing xenon or another noble gas, used to produce a brief flash or pulsed flashes of intense light, such as that used in a camera flash
- flatmates — Plural form of flatmate.
- flatworms — Plural form of flatworm.
- flimflams — Plural form of flimflam.
- foaminess — The state or quality of being foamy.
- folk mass — a liturgical mass in which traditional music is replaced by folk music.
- footmarks — Plural form of footmark.
- for shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- forasmuch — Inasmuch, seeing (that).
- foremasts — Plural form of foremast.
- forenames — Plural form of forename.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- forssmann — Werner [German ver-nuh r] /German ˈvɛr nər/ (Show IPA), 1904–79, German surgeon: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1956.
- fragments — Plural form of fragment.
- frambesia — yaws.
- framboise — raspberry.
- frame saw — a saw with a thin blade held in a specially shaped frame
- frameless — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
- freemason — a member of a widely distributed secret order (Free and Accepted Masons) having for its object mutual assistance and the promotion of brotherly love among its members.
- fukushima — a city on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- fumigants — Plural form of fumigant.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- half-mast — a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- magnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of magnify.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.