9-letter words containing r, s, f
- flash-fry — to fry something very quickly by placing it in a pan on a very high heat
- flashcard — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- flat sour — fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flatter's — a person or thing that makes something flat.
- flatwares — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatworms — Plural form of flatworm.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flensburg — a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein: taken from Denmark by Prussia in 1864; voted to remain German in 1920. Pop: 85 300 (2003 est)
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- fletchers — Plural form of fletcher.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- floorless — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- floorshow — A set of performances held in a nightclub during the course of an evening.
- florettes — a small flower.
- florist's — a shop where flowers and house plants are sold
- floristic — pertaining to flowers or a flora.
- floristry — The art of creating flower arrangements.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flounders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder.
- flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
- flourless — the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flowerers — Plural form of flowerer.
- flowerets — Plural form of floweret.
- fluoresce — to exhibit fluorescence.
- fluorosis — an abnormal condition caused by excessive intake of fluorides, characterized in children by discoloration and pitting of the teeth and in adults by pathological bone changes.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flustered — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- flyfisher — A person who goes fly fishing.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyscreen — A screen attached to the front of a motorcycle, designed to prevent insects from flying into the rider.
- flystrike — myiasis.
- foie gras — the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, especially in the form of a paste (pâté de foie gras)
- folderols — Plural form of folderol.
- folklores — Plural form of folklore.
- followers — Plural form of follower.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- footmarks — Plural form of footmark.
- footraces — Plural form of footrace.
- footrests — Plural form of footrest.
- footropes — Plural form of footrope.
- footwears — Plural form of footwear.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- for keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.