9-letter words containing t, o, r, s
- form stop — (in poured-concrete construction) a board placed across a form to retain concrete until it sets.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- forsaketh — Archaic third-person singular form of forsake.
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- fort mims — Fort. Fort Mims.
- fort sill — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SW Oklahoma, N of Lawton; field artillery school.
- fortieths — Plural form of fortieth.
- fortifies — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- forty-six — a cardinal number, 40 plus 6.
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fosterage — the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- fostering — Encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good).
- four bits — 50 cents.
- four-spot — a playing card or the upward face of a die bearing four pips; a domino, one half of which bears four pips.
- four-star — of or being a full general or admiral, as indicated by four stars on an insignia.
- fourteens — Plural form of fourteen.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractious — refractory or unruly: a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness.
- freestone — a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- fresh out — newly short of sth
- frictions — Plural form of friction.
- frictious — (rare) Of, related to, or caused by friction.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- frogstool — a toadstool.
- froissart — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontenis — a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- frontiers — Plural form of frontier.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- frontless — shameless; unblushing.
- frontlets — Plural form of frontlet.
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frontmost — Located at the front; foremost.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontwise — Toward the front; in the direction of the front; frontward.
- frostbelt — Snowbelt.
- frostbite — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- frostfish — either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in.
- frostless — with no frost
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- frostwork — the delicate tracery formed by frost, especially on glass.
- frothless — without froth
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fructuous — productive; fertile; profitable: a fructuous region, rich in natural resources.
- fruitions — Plural form of fruition.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- fruticous — (botany) fruticose.