9-letter words containing a, f, o, r
- disfavors — Plural form of disfavor.
- disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- downdraft — a downward current, as of air: a downdraft in a mine shaft.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- fabrikoid — a waterproof fabric made of cloth coated with pyroxylin
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- face cord — a measure of wood cut for fuel, as arranged in a pile 8 feet wide, 4 feet high, and with pieces 12 to 18 inches in length
- factor in — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factor ix — a blood constituent necessary for clotting, the absence of which is characterized by a hemophilialike condition.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factoring — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- fadeproof — Resistant to fading.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- fair copy — a copy of a document made after final correction.
- fair do's — equal shares or treatment
- fair oaks — Also called Seven Pines. a locality in E Virginia, near Richmond: battle 1862.
- fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
- falciform — sickle-shaped; falcate.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- fall over — person: trip or slip
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- fanfarona — a gold chain
- far point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- far-point — the point farthest from the eye at which an object is clearly focused on the retina when accommodation of the eye is completely relaxed.
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- farm shop — a shop that sells farm produce
- farm-toun — a farmhouse together with its outbuildings
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- farmwoman — a woman who operates a farm or cultivates land.
- farrowing — a litter of pigs.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.
- fathogram — the record made by a sonic depth finder.
- favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- favorably — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- favorance — a liking or preference: My family always had a favorance for farming.
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favourous — Rare spelling of favorous.