9-letter words containing r, s, f
- refusenik — a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- renfierst — made fierce; enraged
- reposeful — full of or suggesting repose; calm; quiet.
- resentful — full of or marked by resentment.
- reshuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- resultful — containing results, having significant effects
- resurface — to give a new surface to.
- retestify — to testify again
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rockshaft — an oscillating shaft.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- roof iris — an iris, Iris tectorum, of China and Japan, having frilled, violet or white flowers.
- roofscape — a view of the rooftops of a town, city, etc
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- rufescent — somewhat reddish; tinged with red; rufous.
- rustproof — not subject to rusting.
- sacciform — resembling a sac
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safariing — a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- safe area — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- safid rud — a river flowing from NW Iran into the Caspian Sea. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- saporific — producing or imparting flavor or taste.
- sassafras — an American tree, Sassafras albidum, of the laurel family, having egg-shaped leaves and long clusters of greenish-yellow flowers.
- saxifrage — any plant of the genus Saxifraga, certain species of which grow wild in the clefts of rocks, other species of which are cultivated for their flowers.
- scare off — frighten away
- scarfskin — the outermost layer of the skin; epidermis.
- scarfwise — in the manner of a scarf
- scarifier — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- score off — to gain an advantage at someone else's expense
- scot-free — completely free from harm, restraint, punishment, or obligation: The driver of the car escaped from the accident scot-free. The judge let the defendant off scot-free.
- screw fly — screwworm fly.
- screw off — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- screw-off — a loafer; idler.
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- scutiform — being in the shape of a shield; shield-shaped.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- seafaring — traveling by sea.
- see after — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- seed fern — any of various plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales), known only as fossils, having fernlike leaves and reproducing by means of seeds.