9-letter words containing r, e, o, i
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- fire boss — a person who inspects a mine for the presence of noxious gases, dangerous roofs, and other hazards.
- fire door — a door through which a boiler or furnace is fired or through which the fire is inspected.
- fire hose — a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire-plow — a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.
- fireboxes — Plural form of firebox.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
- firehorse — a horse used to pull a horse-drawn fire engine.
- firehouse — fire station.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- firepower — the capability of a military force, unit, or weapons system as measured by the amount of gunfire, number of missiles, etc., deliverable to a target.
- fireproof — resistant to destruction by fire.
- firestone — Harvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
- firestorm — an atmospheric phenomenon, caused by a large fire, in which the rising column of air above the fire draws in strong winds often accompanied by rain.
- firethorn — any of several evergreen, thorny Asian shrubs belonging to the genus Pyracantha, of the rose family, many species of which are cultivated for their foliage and ornamental fruits.
- firewagon — (US) A fire engine.
- firewoman — A female firefighter.
- firewomen — Plural form of firewoman.
- fireworks — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- fireworms — Plural form of fireworm.
- five-door — a car with five doors
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flip over — turn upside down
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- flowerier — Comparative form of flowery.
- flowerily — In a flowery way.
- flowering — bearing flowers.
- foederati — Plural form of foederatus.
- foie gras — the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste (pâté de foie gras)
- foilborne — (of a vessel) moving on the water on hydrofoils, with the hull out of the water.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- footering — Present participle of footer.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- forbidder — One who forbids.
- force fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forechoir — antechoir.
- forecited — previously cited.
- foregoing — previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.