9-letter words containing o, f
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
- blindfold — A blindfold is a strip of cloth that is tied over someone's eyes so that they cannot see.
- block off — When you block off a door, window, or passage, you put something across it so that nothing can pass through it.
- bob-fosse — Robert Louis ("Bob") 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director.
- body-surf — to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bombproof — capable of withstanding the impact of bombs
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonne foi — sincerity.
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- book fair — a commercial event at which publishers exhibit and trade books
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- bookshelf — A bookshelf is a shelf on which you keep books.
- born-free — (in South Africa) a person who was born or grew up after the end of the Apartheid era
- bottleful — the amount a bottle will hold
- bound for — going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for): The train is bound for Denver.
- bountiful — A bountiful supply or amount of something pleasant is a large one.
- bow front — swell front.
- bow-front — having a front with a convex curve
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- box-fresh — unused or unspoiled; straight from the packaging
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- bran loaf — a rectangular cake whose ingredients include bran and dried fruit
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- bring off — If you bring off something difficult, you do it successfully.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- bromfield — Louis, 1896–1956, U.S. novelist.
- bromoform — a heavy colourless liquid substance with a sweetish taste and an odour resembling that of chloroform. Formula: CHBr3
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bufotoxin — a toxin obtained from the skin glands of the European toad, Bufa vulgaris.
- bully-off — a method by which a game is restarted after a stoppage. Two opposing players stand with the ball between them and alternately strike their sticks together and against the ground three times before trying to hit the ball
- bursiform — shaped like a pouch or sac
- by way of — You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction.
- cacafuego — a person with a fiery temper
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- cafe noir — black coffee
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium