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There are 17 eight-letter words beginning with FORES

FORESAID	• foresaid adj. (Rare) Aforesaid; aforementioned. • foresaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of foresay. • FORESAY v. to foretell.
FORESAIL	• foresail n. (Nautical, on a square-rigged ship) The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast. • foresail n. (Nautical) A square fore-and-aft sail set on the foremast, but behind it, on a schooner or other similar vessel. • foresail n. (Nautical, on a sloop) A triangular sail set forward of the foremast: forestaysail.
FORESAYS	• foresays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foresay. • FORESAY v. to foretell.
FORESEEN	• foreseen v. Past participle of foresee. • FORESEE v. to see in advance.
FORESEER	• foreseer n. A person who foresees. • FORESEER n. one who foresees.
FORESEES	• foresees v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foresee. • FORESEE v. to see in advance.
FORESHEW	• foreshew v. Archaic form of foreshow. • FORESHEW v. to presage, also FORESHOW.
FORESHIP	• foreship n. (Obsolete) The fore part of a ship. • FORESHIP n. the front of a ship.
FORESHOW	• foreshow v. (Transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. • foreshow v. (Transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure. • foreshow n. (Obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
FORESIDE	• foreside n. The front or fore part of anything; front face of a thing; front side. • foreside n. The outside or external covering. • FORESIDE n. the front side.
FORESKIN	• foreskin n. (Anatomy) The nerve-dense, retractable fold of skin which covers and protects the head of the penis… • foreskin n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of clitoral foreskin. • foreskin v. To remove the foreskin.
FORESLOW	• foreslow v. (Obsolete, intransitive) To be slow or tardy; to slow down. • foreslow v. (Obsolete, transitive) To slow, hinder, delay, impede. • fore-slow v. Alternative form of forslow.
FORESTAL	• forestal v. Obsolete spelling of forestall. • forestal adj. (Uncommon) Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest). • FORESTAL adj. of or pertaining to forests, also FORESTEAL, FORESTIAL, FORESTINE.
FORESTAY	• forestay n. (Nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship. • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay. • forestay v. (Transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand; forestall; prevent.
FORESTED	• forested adj. Covered in forest. • forested v. Simple past tense and past participle of forest. • FOREST v. to convert into a densely wooded area.
FORESTER	• forester n. A person who practices forestry. • forester n. (Obsolete or colloquial) A person who lives in a forest. • forester n. A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
FORESTRY	• forestry n. (Uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests. • forestry n. (Uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests. • forestry n. (Uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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