9-letter words containing d, e, i, f, r
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- disfigure — to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disprefer — (transitive, chiefly, linguistics) To favor or prefer (something) less than the alternatives.
- 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.
- diversify — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drift ice — detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- drip feed — intravenous feeding.
- drip-feed — intravenous feeding.
- drive fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- drive off — vehicle: pull out, move off
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- 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-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.
- fairtrade — Produced in such a way that all producers of the product receive a fair wage for their work.
- farandine — a cloth made from silk and wool (or silk and hair)
- feederism — A paraphilia in which arousal is obtained from overfeeding.
- feedgrain — any cereal grain used as a feed for livestock, poultry, or other animals.
- feralized — having once been domesticated but subsequently returned to wildness
- ferdinand — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- fervidity — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fieldfare — a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- figuredly — in a figured manner
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
- 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).
- filigreed — Ornamented with or resembling filigree work.
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- fine-draw — Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- finlander — an inhabitant of Finland, especially a native who customarily speaks Swedish.
- fire door — a door through which a boiler or furnace is fired or through which the fire is inspected.
- firearmed — carrying firearms, equipped with a firearm or firearms
- firebirds — Plural form of firebird.
- fireboard — a board used to close a fireplace.
- firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.
- firedrake — a mythical fiery dragon.
- fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
- fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.