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9-letter words containing r, u, f

  • superfood — a food considered exceptionally good for one’s health and for boosting the immune system owing to its naturally high content of vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants, or omega-3 fatty acids: If you crave superfoods, try the quinoa, kale, and roasted beet salad sprinkled with toasted walnuts and flaxseed.
  • superfund — a large fund set up to finance an expensive program or project.
  • superfuse — to pour.
  • supersafe — exceptionally safe
  • supersoft — exceptionally soft
  • superwaif — a very young and very thin supermodel
  • superwife — a highly accomplished wife
  • sure-fire — sure to work; foolproof: a surefire moneymaking scheme.
  • surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
  • surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
  • surf duck — a scoter, especially the surf scoter.
  • surf fish — any of various fishes living in shallow water along the Pacific coast of North America, as the surfperches
  • surf zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
  • surf-cast — to fish by casting into the surf from or near the shore
  • surf-zone — the area offshore where waves break, between the outermost breaker and the limit of wave uprush; the zone within which waves approaching the coastline start breaking, usually in water depths of 16 to 32 feet (5 to 10 meters).
  • surfacing — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
  • surfboard — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
  • surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
  • surfperch — any of several fishes of the family Embiotocidae, inhabiting shallow waters along the Pacific coast of North America.
  • tauriform — shaped like a bull or the head or horns of a bull.
  • terrorful — intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror.
  • the forum — the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills
  • thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
  • threatful — threatening, menacing or full of threats
  • throngful — crowded or packed with people
  • thrustful — aggressive or pushy
  • top fruit — fruit that grows on trees
  • transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
  • trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
  • triforium — (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.
  • true-life — similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.
  • trunkfish — any plectognath fish of the family Ostraciontidae, of warm seas, having a boxlike body encased in bony, polygonal plates.
  • turf-like — resembling turf
  • turfgrass — grass grown for lawns, of a type that forms a dense even turf if mown and maintained
  • ultrafast — extremely fast: ultrafast computers.
  • ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
  • ultraleft — of or belonging to the extreme political Left; extremely liberal or radical.
  • ultrasafe — extremely safe
  • ultrasoft — extremely soft
  • unberufen — an exclamation appealing for protection against misfortune
  • unbriefed — not instructed or briefed
  • uncareful — not careful; not caring or vigilant; careless
  • unconform — dissimilar or not conformed to
  • underfeed — to feed insufficiently.
  • underfelt — thick felt laid between floorboards and carpet to increase insulation and resilience
  • underfire — to bake insufficiently
  • underfish — to catch fewer fish than the maximum amount permitted
  • underflow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
  • underfong — to receive, comprehend, or trap
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