9-letter words containing d, e, f, l, a
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- dock leaf — the typically broad leaf of any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- 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.
- edificial — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- 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-lead — a pulley block, metal ring, etc. used to guide a line and cause it to run easily without chafing
- fairfield — a city in central California.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- falsified — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- fan delta — a partially submerged alluvial fan that has merged with a delta.
- fandangle — elaborate ornament
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- fascicled — Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster.
- federally — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- federals' — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- feldspars — Plural form of feldspar.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- feralized — having once been domesticated but subsequently returned to wildness
- fernandel — real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin. 1903–71, French comic film actor
- feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudalist — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feudalize — to make feudal; bring under the feudal system.
- fidelista — Fidelist.
- field day — a day devoted to outdoor sports or athletic contests, as at a school.
- field pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.
- fieldfare — a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.
- fieldgate — the site in an oil field where natural gas is separated from crude oil after the latter reaches the surface, for movement through pipelines.
- fieldsman — a fielder in cricket.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
- file band — an endless steel band to which straight lengths of steel files are attached, used on a band mill or band saw.
- file card — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- finalised — to put into final form; complete all the details of.