9-letter words starting with fr
- fritterer — Someone who fritters.
- fritz out — on the fritz, not in working order: Our TV went on the fritz last night.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frizzante — (of wine) semisparkling.
- frizzlier — Comparative form of frizzly.
- frizzling — Present participle of frizzle.
- frmt-ftrn — Scientific language. 1976.
- frobisher — Sir Martin, 1535?–94, English navigator and explorer.
- frockless — with no frock
- frog kick — a type of kick in which the legs are bent at the knees, extended outward, and then brought together forcefully.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- frog spit — Also, frog spittle. any of several filamentous freshwater green algae forming floating masses.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frogmarch — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
- frogmouth — any Australian and Oriental bird of the family Podargidae, related to the goatsuckers, having a broad, flattened, froglike mouth.
- frogspawn — The eggs of a frog, which are surrounded by transparent jelly.
- frogstool — a toadstool.
- froissart — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from afar — from a distance
- from away — from a part of Canada other than Newfoundland
- from cold — without advance notice; without giving preparatory information
- from hell — You can use from hell after a noun when you are emphasizing that something or someone is extremely unpleasant or evil.
- from life — from a living model
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front man — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- front row — the forwards at the front of a scrum
- front-end — relating to foremost part
- frontager — an owner of property or land which immediately faces a beach or street
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontally — In a frontal manner.
- frontenac — Comte de (kɔ̃t də). title of Louis de Buade. 1620–98, governor of New France (1672–82; 1689–98)
- 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.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frontload — Alternative form of front-load.
- frontmost — Located at the front; foremost.