9-letter words containing o, t, f, r
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profiting — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- proof set — a set of coins (proof coins), one of each denomination, minted annually from highly polished metal on special dies, issued for collectors rather than for circulation
- put forth — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- reef knot — a square knot used in reefing sails.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- refectory — a dining hall in a religious house, a college, or other institution.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflector — a person or thing that reflects.
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- refortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- retrofire — to ignite (a retrorocket).
- retroflex — bent backward; exhibiting retroflexion.
- rh factor — any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- right off — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
- roadcraft — the skills and knowledge used to drive road vehicles
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rood loft — a gallery above a rood screen, approached from stairs, used for chantings and readings.
- roquefort — a blue-veined cheese with a strong flavour, made from ewes' milk: matured in caves
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- scot-free — completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- septiform — sevenfold
- set forth — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- shiftwork — a system of employment where an individual's normal hours of work are, in part, outside the period of normal day working and may follow a different pattern in consecutive periods of weeks
- shoot for — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shopcraft — any of various skilled trades involving maintenance or repair work, as metalworking or boilermaking, especially in the railroad industry.
- shopfront — the area of a shop that faces street
- short for — having little length; not long.
- shortfall — the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage.
- shotfirer — a person employed to detonate an explosive
- shotproof — able to withstand shot
- smart off — to be impertinent or flippant
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- soffritto — Also called battuto. Italian Cookery. a base for stews and soups, consisting of hot oil, butter, or fat in which a chopped onion or crushed garlic clove has been browned, often with the addition of chopped parsley, celery, and carrot.
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- soft iron — iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss
- soft porn — soft-core pornography.
- soft rock — a comparatively unaggressive, melodic style of rock-'n'-roll in which the arrangement and lyrics are emphasized more than the beat.