9-letter words containing o, n, r, f
- 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.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontally — In a frontal manner.
- frontenac — Comte de (kɔ̃t də). title of Louis de Buade. 1620–98, governor of New France (1672–82; 1689–98)
- frontenis — a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- frontiers — Plural form of frontier.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- frontless — shameless; unblushing.
- frontlets — Plural form of frontlet.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frontload — Alternative form of front-load.
- frontmost — Located at the front; foremost.
- frontpage — Alternative spelling of front page.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontward — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fruitions — Plural form of fruition.
- fullerton — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- fungiform — having the form of a fungus or mushroom.
- furcation — forked; branching.
- furrowing — Present participle of furrow.