9-letter words containing r, f, c
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of forclose.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forecaddy — caddy who goes ahead of the golfer to point out the ball's location
- forecasts — Plural form of forecast.
- forecheck — Play an aggressive style of defense, checking opponents in their own defensive zone, before they can organize an attack.
- forechoir — antechoir.
- forecited — previously cited.
- foreclose — Law. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, especially on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee. to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
- forecloth — a cloth hung over the front of something, esp an altar
- forecourt — Tennis. the part of either half of a tennis court that lies between the net and the line that marks the inbounds limit of a service. Compare backcourt (def 1).
- foredecks — Plural form of foredeck.
- forehocks — Plural form of forehock.
- forelocks — Plural form of forelock.
- forensics — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forereach — to gain, as one ship on another.
- foreshock — a relatively small earthquake that precedes a greater one by a few days or weeks and originates at or near the focus of the larger earthquake.
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forestock — (firearms) forearm; handguard.
- foreteach — to teach (something) ahead of time
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- forfochen — exhausted
- formicant — (medicine,obsolete) Of the pulse: weak and rapid.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formicide — A substance that kills ants.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- fort peck — a dam on the Missouri River in NE Montana.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fourpence — a sum of money of the value of four English pennies.
- fourscore — four times twenty; eighty.
- fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- fractural — Of or pertaining to a fracture.
- fractured — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- fracturer — a person who, or thing which, fractures (something)
- fractures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fracture.
- fragrance — the quality of being fragrant; a sweet or pleasing scent.
- fragrancy — fragrance (def 1).
- fraîcheur — freshness
- framepack — a backpack attached to a supporting frame of usually lightweight metal.
- francesca — Piero della [pee-air-oh del-uh;; Italian pye-raw del-lah] /piˈɛər oʊ ˈdɛl ə;; Italian ˈpyɛ rɔ ˈdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), (Piero dei Franceschi) c1420–92, Italian painter.