10-letter words containing o, f, e, r
- omniferous — producing or consisting of all kinds of things
- on welfare — the good fortune, health, happiness, prosperity, etc., of a person, group, or organization; well-being: to look after a child's welfare; the physical or moral welfare of society.
- open frame — a frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or a spare.
- order form — document requesting a purchase
- oregon fir — Douglas fir.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- ossiferous — containing bones, especially fossil bones: ossiferous caves and rock beds.
- other half — the people of an economic class clearly different from one's own or from that to which reference is being made: a glimpse of how the other half lives.
- our father — Lord's Prayer.
- out-relief — public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
- outfielder — one of the players, especially in baseball, stationed in the outfield.
- outfitters — Plural form of outfitter.
- outperform — to surpass in excellence of performance; do better than: a new engine that outperforms the competition; a stock that outperformed all others.
- over-flood — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- over-focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- over-fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- overaffect — To have too great an effect on.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- overfacile — excessively facile
- overfavour — to favour too much
- overflight — an air flight that passes over a specific area, country, or territory: Overflights of foreign aircraft are closely monitored.
- overfondly — with excessive affection
- overfreely — in an excessively forward, free or liberal manner
- overfulfil — to fulfil to a greater degree than required
- overinform — to animate or inform excessively
- overoffice — to exercise power over by virtue of one's office
- overrefine — to refine excessively, as with oversubtle distinctions.
- oysterfish — the oyster toadfish. See under toadfish (def 1).
- page proof — a trial proof printed from type that has been made up in page form, usually after galley corrections have been made, but before plates are made. Compare proof (def 12).
- perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
- perforated — perforated.
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- performing — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- petit four — a small teacake, variously frosted and decorated.
- phenformin — a biguanide administered orally in the treatment of diabetes to lower blood concentrations of glucose; it has been largely superseded by metformin. Formula: C10H15N5
- pianoforte — a piano.
- piliferous — having or producing hair.
- poker face — an expressionless face: He can tell a funny story with a poker face.
- pomiferous — bearing pomes or pomelike fruits.
- pontefract — a city in West Yorkshire, in N central England, SE of Leeds: ruins of a 12th-century castle.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- poriferous — bearing or having pores.
- postfreeze — taking place after a freeze
- powderpuff — a soft, feathery ball or pad, as of cotton or down, for applying powder to the skin.
- powerfully — having or exerting great power or force.
- pre-format — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- pre-inform — to supply with information beforehand: He preinformed the newspapers of his decision.