9-letter words containing o, a, f
- factotums — (obsolete) Plural form of factotum.
- fadeproof — Resistant to fading.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- faggoting — a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- fagottist — a bassoonist
- fail-soft — pertaining to or noting facilities built into a system, as in an automobile or a computer, for continuing operations on an interim basis and probably with reduced efficiency, if parts of the system fail.
- fair copy — a copy of a document made after final correction.
- fair do's — equal shares or treatment
- fair oaks — Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
- fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
- fais-dodo — a country dance party.
- fake book — a collection of lead sheets for musicians, especially a songbook of standards for use by jazz instrumentalists.
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- falcation — the state of being falcate, a falcate appendage
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- falciform — sickle-shaped; falcate.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falconoid — an antioxidant compound found in tea and thought to resist cancer
- faldstool — a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
- fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall into — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall over — person: trip or slip
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- fallopian — Alternative form of Fallopian.
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- fallowing — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- falsettos — Plural form of falsetto.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- fandangos — Plural form of fandango.
- fanfarona — a gold chain
- far point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- far-point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- farmwoman — a woman who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- farrowing — a litter of pigs.
- fashioned — Simple past tense and past participle of fashion.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
- fast food — junk food
- fast-food — of or specializing in fast food.
- fat depot — adipose tissue.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae