9-letter words containing o, f
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- el ferrol — a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: fortified naval base, with a deep natural harbour. Pop: 78 764 (2003 est)
- elfinwood — Krummholz.
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- enfeoffed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfeoff.
- enfolding — Present participle of enfold.
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- escoffier — (Georges) Auguste (oɡyst). 1846–1935, French chef at the Savoy Hotel, London (1890–99)
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- face cord — a measure of wood cut for fuel, as arranged in a pile 8 feet wide, 4 feet high, and with pieces 12 to 18 inches in length
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factional — of a faction or factions.
- factoidal — of or resembling a factoid; (of a piece of writing) comprising facts and factoids
- factor in — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factor ix — a blood constituent necessary for clotting, the absence of which is characterized by a hemophilialike condition.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factoring — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- 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.