9-letter words containing a, f, r
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- cafe noir — black coffee
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- cambiform — resembling a cambium
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- caprifigs — Plural form of caprifig.
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- capriform — resembling a goat
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- car-ferry — a vessel for transporting vehicles, in addition to passengers, across a body of water, esp as a regular service
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- care-free — without anxiety or worry.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads
- carry off — If you carry something off, you do it successfully.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- cfa franc — a monetary unit used by several countries in West Africa, including Benin, Ivory Coast, Niger, Senegal, Togo, and Burkina Faso.
- chaffered — Simple past tense and past participle of chaffer.
- chafferer — One who chaffers; a bargainer.
- chairlift — a series of chairs suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, esp skiers, up a mountain
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- chamfrons — Plural form of chamfron.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- claviform — clavate
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- cofactors — Plural form of cofactor.
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- colorfast — A fabric that is colorfast has a color that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.