10-letter words containing d, i, f, r, a
- raduliform — rasp-like
- rained off — cancelled or postponed on account of rain
- rapid-fire — characterized by, delivered, or occurring in rapid succession: rapid-fire questions; rapid-fire events.
- reaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- refit yard — a yard where ships are made ready for use again by repairing, re-equipping, or resupplying
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- seferiades — Giorgos Stylianou [yawr-gaws stee-lyah-noo] /ˈyɔr gɔs ˌsti lyɑˈnu/ (Show IPA), (Giorgos Seferis) 1900–71, Greek poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1963.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- stand firm — be resolute
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
- time draft — a draft payable within a specified number of days after it is presented.
- trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- triffidian — resembling a triffid
- unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- unpaid-for — not paid for.
- unratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- vide infra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see below
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wire fraud — the crime of using interstate wire, television, or radio communications with the intent to defraud.
- world fair — an international exhibition of industrial, scientific, artistic etc achievements of different countries in the world