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