9-letter words containing a, f, e, r
- deferable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- defibrate — to break (wood, paper, garbage, etc.) into fibrous components; reduce to fibers.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defragged — Simple past tense and past participle of defrag.
- defragger — a device which defragments computer files
- defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
- defrauder — One who defrauds.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- 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.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- earthfall — a fall of earth or a landslide
- earthfast — relating to a method of building or to buildings that have no foundations but are supported by posts knocked into the ground
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- efavirenz — a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.
- enflurane — A volatile organic liquid used as a general anesthetic.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- face card — the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.
- 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
- face gear — a disklike gear having teeth cut on the face more or less radially and engaging with a spur or helical pinion, the axis of which is at right angles to it.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- 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
- faidherbe — Louis Léon César. 1818–89, French soldier and governor of Senegal (1854–65); founder of Dakar
- fair deal — the principles of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Harry S Truman, consisting largely of a continuation and development of the principles of the New Deal.
- fair game — a legitimate or likely object of attack, mockery, etc.: With his fat, round face, the politician was fair game for the cartoonists.
- fair isle — an intricate multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool into various garments, such as sweaters
- fair rent — (in Britain) the rent for a private tenancy, fixed and registered by a rent officer, and based on the size, condition, and usefulness of the property, but not its scarcity value
- fair-lead — a pulley block, metal ring, etc. used to guide a line and cause it to run easily without chafing
- fairfaced — (of brickwork) having a neat smooth unplastered surface
- fairfield — a city in central California.
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.