9-letter words containing a, f, e, r
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- 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.
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- 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
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- chaffered — Simple past tense and past participle of chaffer.
- chafferer — One who chaffers; a bargainer.
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- craftiest — Superlative form of crafty.
- craftless — without craft or cunning
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cream off — To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cybercafe — A cybercafé is a café where people can pay to use the Internet.
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- defecator — One who defecates.