9-letter words containing s, f, e, r, i
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.
- megafirms — Plural form of megafirm.
- metrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metrify.
- microserf — (jargon) Wired magazine's term for a Microsoft employee.
- misfeasor — a person who is guilty of misfeasance.
- misformed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- miss fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- modifiers — a person or thing that modifies.
- mortifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mortify.
- mystifier — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- nefarious — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- nitrifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitrify.
- odiferous — Odoriferous; smelly.
- of theirs — belonging to or associated with them
- offerings — Plural form of offering.
- offsiders — Plural form of offsider.
- ossifrage — the lammergeier.
- oviferous — bearing eggs.
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- perfusion — the act of perfusing.
- perfusive — to overspread with moisture, color, etc.; suffuse.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- profusive — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- raffinose — a colorless, crystalline trisaccharide, C 1 8 H 3 2 O 1 6 ⋅5H 2 O, with little or no sweetness, occurring in the sugar beet, cottonseed, etc., and breaking down to fructose, glucose, and galactose on hydrolysis.
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- reaffirms — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- refashion — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- reformism — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- refurbish — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- refurnish — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- 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
- 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
- retestify — to testify again
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- rosefinch — any of various finches with pink patches
- sacrifice — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safranine — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- sanforize — to preshrink (cloth) permanently by a patented process before making garments
- 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.