9-letter words containing d, i, f
- infidelic — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- infielder — any of the four defensive players stationed around the infield.
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- inflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- infolding — invagination.
- infra dig — beneath one's dignity.
- infra-red — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infradian — (of a rhythm or cycle ) having a period of recurrence longer than a day; occurring less than once a day.
- infringed — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- ingrafted — engraft.
- inside of — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- intefadeh — Alternative spelling of intifada.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- jellified — Simple past tense and past participle of jellify.
- justified — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- key field — (database) A field of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a record (a table entry). The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key".
- kid stuff — something appropriate only for children.
- killfiled — Simple past tense and past participle of killfile.
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- left-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).
- leftfield — From out of left field; off-the-wall.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
- lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- line feed — (character) (LF, control-J, ASCII 10) The ASCII character meaning move the cursor down to the same column on the next line. Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper through the printer.
- linenfold — an ornamental motif resembling folded linen, carved on paneling.
- lion food — (humour) (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
- liquefied — Alternative spelling of liquified.
- liquified — Converted into a liquid state.
- lithified — Simple past tense and past participle of lithify.
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- magnified — Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
- mala fide — in bad faith; not genuine.
- manfriend — A male friend.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- mattified — Simple past tense and past participle of mattify.
- mercified — Simple past tense and past participle of mercify.
- metrified — Simple past tense and past participle of metrify.
- midflight — Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.