9-letter words containing r, s, f
- fire boss — a person who inspects a mine for the presence of noxious gases, dangerous roofs, and other hazards.
- fire hose — a special heavy-duty hose for use in fighting destructive fires.
- fire risk — sth which increases chance of a fire
- fire sale — a special sale of merchandise actually or supposedly damaged by fire.
- fire ship — a vessel loaded with combustibles and explosives, ignited, and set adrift to destroy an enemy's ships or constructions.
- fire sign — any of the three astrological signs, Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of enthusiasm, vitality, and interest in spiritual things.
- firebacks — Plural form of fireback.
- fireballs — Plural form of fireball.
- firebirds — Plural form of firebird.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- firebombs — Plural form of firebomb.
- fireboxes — Plural form of firebox.
- firebrats — Plural form of firebrat.
- firecrest — a European kinglet, Regulus ignicapillus, having a bright, orange-red patch on the top of the head.
- fireflies — Plural form of firefly.
- firehorse — a horse used to pull a horse-drawn fire engine.
- firehouse — fire station.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- firescape — to arrange the features of (a garden or other area of land) in a way that inhibits the spread of fire, for example by increasing the amount of open space and cultivating fire-resistant plants
- firesides — Plural form of fireside.
- firestick — A poker used to arrange coals etc in a 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.
- firetraps — Plural form of firetrap.
- firewalls — Plural form of firewall.
- 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.
- first aid — emergency aid or treatment given to someone injured, suddenly ill, etc., before regular medical services arrive or can be reached.
- first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
- first fit — (algorithm) A resource allocation scheme that searches a list of free resources and returns the first one that can satisfy the request. For example, when allocating memory from a list of free blocks (a heap), first fit scans the list from the beginning until it finds a block which is big enough to satisfy the request. The requested size is allocated from this block and the rest of the block returned to the free pool. First fit is faster than a best fit scheme, but results in more fragmentation of the free space because it is more likely to split up a large free block when a smaller block could have been used.
- first off — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- first run — the initial exhibition period for a film.
- first-run — designating or of:
- firstborn — first in the order of birth; eldest.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- firstling — the first of its kind to be produced or to appear.
- firstname — given name.
- firstness — the condition or quality of being first
- fish crow — a crow, Corvus ossifragus, of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America, that feeds on fish, mollusks, etc.
- fish farm — a facility in which fish are bred for commercial purposes.
- fish fork — a small fork having usually three tines, used for eating fish at table.
- fisheries — Plural form of fishery.
- fisherman — a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fishermen — a person who fishes, whether for profit or pleasure.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- fissuring — Present participle of fissure.
- five-star — having five stars to indicate rank or quality: a five-star general; a five-star brandy.
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- flash rom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory