10-letter words containing r, s, f
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- enfestered — festered
- enserfment — the act of making into, or treating like, a slave
- esterified — Simple past tense and past participle of esterify.
- eyes front — a command to troops to look ahead
- fabricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate.
- face-saver — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- facinorous — extremely wicked
- factorials — Plural form of factorial.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fair-sized — quite big
- fairyfloss — a very light fluffy confection made from coloured spun sugar, usually held on a stick
- fairytales — Plural form of fairytale.
- faldistory — a bishop's seat or throne
- fall short — not be satisfactory
- fallboards — Plural form of fallboard.
- false ribs — any of the lower five ribs on either side of the body, which are not directly attached to the sternum.
- false-card — to play a false card.
- falseworks — Plural form of falsework.
- falsifiers — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- fantasizer — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- far-seeing — having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- fare stage — a section of a bus journey for which a set charge is made
- farmhouses — Plural form of farmhouse.
- farmsteads — Plural form of farmstead.
- farnsworth — Philo Taylor [fahy-loh] /ˈfaɪ loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1906–71, U.S. physicist and inventor: pioneer in the field of television.
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- fascinator — a person or thing that fascinates.
- fashioners — Plural form of fashioner.
- fassbinder — Rainer Werner [rahy-ner] /ˈraɪ nər/ (Show IPA), 1946–82, German film actor and director.
- fast break — a play, as in basketball, in which a team quickly moves down the playing area in an attempt to score before an adequate defense can be set up
- fast track — a racetrack dry and hard enough for optimum speed.