9-letter words containing o, f, n
- fortunate — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- fortuning — Present participle of fortune.
- fortunize — to make happy or fortunate
- forty-one — a cardinal number, 40 plus 1.
- forwander — to wander far
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fossarian — fossor.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.
- found art — art comprised of found objects.
- foundered — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- fountains — Plural form of fountain.
- four-lane — (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction: a four-lane thruway.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- fourteens — Plural form of fourteen.
- fox snake — a brown-blotched nonvenomous snake, Elaphe vulpina, of north-central U.S., that vibrates its tail and emits a pungent odor when disturbed.
- foxhounds — Plural form of foxhound.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fragonard — Jean Honoré [zhahn aw-naw-rey] /ʒɑ̃ ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1732–1806, French painter.
- francisco — a male given name, Spanish form of Francis.
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.
- franconia — a medieval duchy in Germany, largely in the valley of the Main River.
- frankfort — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- free zone — a free-port area.
- free-born — born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
- 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.
- freestone — a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- freewoman — a woman who is free or at liberty, esp one who is not a slave or serf
- frenotomy — The surgical cutting of the frenum.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frication — an audible, constrained rush of air accompanying and characteristic of fricatives.
- frictions — Plural form of friction.
- frigatoon — a Venetian sailing ship with a square stern
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front man — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- front row — the forwards at the front of a scrum
- front-end — relating to foremost part
- frontager — an owner of property or land which immediately faces a beach or street
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.