9-letter words containing r, a, t, f, i, s
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- isografts — Plural form of isograft.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- rastafari — Rastafarian (def 1).
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sgraffito — a technique of ornamentation in which a surface layer of paint, plaster, slip, etc., is incised to reveal a ground of contrasting color.
- stairfoot — the area at the foot of a flight of stairs
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- stiff arm — to push away (an opponent) with one's arm out straight
- stiff-arm — straight-arm.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- unfairest — most unfair
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.