8-letter words containing r, s, f
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scoffers — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- scuffler — a person who scuffles
- sea fire — a bioluminescent glow produced by phosphorescent marine organisms.
- sea fret — a wet mist or haze coming inland from the sea
- seacraft — the skills and knowledge of a sailor
- seafarer — a sailor.
- seafloor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- seamfree — having no seam
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- send for — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- seriffed — (of a letter or typeface) having serifs
- set free — liberate from captivity
- setiform — bristle-shaped; setaceous.
- sherriff — Robert Cedric, 1896–1975, English playwright and novelist.
- short of — having little length; not long.
- shuffler — a person who shuffles.
- siffleur — a male professional whistler
- sign for — acknowledge receipt
- skurfing — skateboarding.
- slipform — a moveable mould for building large concrete structures such as roads, towers and bridges
- smurfing — the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- snuffers — an instrument resembling a pair of scissors for trimming the wick or extinguishing the flame of a candle
- soft roe — milt (def 2).
- soft rot — a disease of fruits and vegetables, characterized by a soft, watery decay of affected parts, caused by any of several bacteria or fungi.
- softcore — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- software — Computers. the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. Compare hardware (def 5).
- spirifer — any of various fossil brachiopods of the genus Spirifer having spirals on each side
- spitfire — a person, especially a girl or woman, who is of fiery temper and easily provoked to outbursts.
- spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
- squiffer — a concertina
- stafford — Jean, 1915–79, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- stamford — a city in SW Connecticut.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- starfish — any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- stepford — blandly conformist and submissive
- stir-fry — to cook (food) quickly by cutting into small pieces and stirring constantly in a lightly oiled wok or frying pan over high heat: a common method of Chinese cookery.
- stormful — having many storms; stormy
- strafing — an act or instance of strafing
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- subdwarf — a star which is smaller than a dwarf star
- subfloor — a rough floor beneath a finished floor.
- suffered — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- sufferer — to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.