9-letter words containing o, r, e, l, s
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formulise — formulate.
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- freeholds — Plural form of freehold.
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- frockless — with no frock
- frontless — shameless; unblushing.
- frontlets — Plural form of frontlet.
- frostbelt — Snowbelt.
- frostless — with no frost
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frothless — without froth
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- gaoleress — a female gaoler
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- gasholder — gasometer (def 2).
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glomerous — (obsolete) Gathered or formed into a ball or round mass.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- glorioles — Plural form of gloriole.
- goldcrest — a Eurasian kinglet, Regulus regulus, having a bright yellow patch on the top of the head.
- goslarite — hydrated zinc sulphate
- gospelers — Plural form of gospeler.
- gospeller — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- granulose — granular.
- gromwells — Plural form of gromwell.
- groundsel — groundsill.
- groveless — having no groves
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- heirlooms — Plural form of heirloom.
- heliodors — Plural form of heliodor.
- heliports — Plural form of heliport.
- helsingor — a seaport on NE Zealand, in NE Denmark: the scene of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
- holdovers — Plural form of holdover.
- hollister — a town in W California.
- holstered — a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- honorless — honesty, fairness, or integrity in one's beliefs and actions: a man of honor.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- horseless — (of a vehicle) not drawn by a horse or horses.
- horselike — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- horsetail — Also called scouring rush. any nonflowering plant of the genus Equisetum, having hollow, jointed stems.
- hostelers — Plural form of hosteler.
- hosteller — a person who operates a hostel.