9-letter words containing d, i, f
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- redefined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- refinding — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- refined c — (RC) An extension of C to directly specify data access rights so that flow analysis, and hence automatic parallelisation, is more effective. Research implementations only. "Refining A Conventional Language For Race-Free Specification Of Parallel Algorithms," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1984 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.380-382.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- ricefield — a field where rice is grown
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- safid rud — a river flowing from NW Iran into the Caspian Sea. 450 miles (725 km) long.
- sangfroid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- seif dune — (in deserts, esp the Sahara) a long ridge of blown sand, often several miles long
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.
- semideify — to elevate (a person, object, or nature) to the status of a demigod.
- semidwarf — a plant which is smaller than usual but bigger than a dwarf
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- septemfid — divided into seven
- sex fiend — a person who commits sexual offences
- sheffield — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shift bid — a bid in a suit different from the suit just bid by one's partner.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- side-foot — In football, if a player side-foots the ball, they kick it with the side of their foot.
- sidi ifni — a seaport in W Morocco: former capital of Ifni.
- siegfried — (in the Nibelungenlied) the son of Sigmund and Sieglinde and the husband of Kriemhild. He kills the dragon Fafnir, acquires the treasure of the Nibelungs, wins Brünnhilde for Gunther, and is finally killed by Hagen at the behest of Brünnhilde, whom he had once promised to marry: corresponds to the Sigurd of the Volsunga Saga. Compare Brünnhilde.
- signified — the thing or concept denoted by a sign.
- sigrdrifa — a Valkyrie who, for disobedience to Odin, sleeps within a circle of fire until awakened by Sigurd.
- sissified — sissy.
- skidproof — preventing or resistant to skidding, as certain road surfaces or vehicle tires.
- skin food — a cosmetic cream for keeping the skin in good condition
- snowdrift — a mound or bank of snow driven together by the wind.
- snowfield — a large and relatively permanent expanse of snow.
- solid for — unanimously in favour of
- solifugid — sun spider.
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- specified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- spindrift — spray swept by a violent wind along the surface of the sea.
- stardrift — the very small continuous change in the direction of movement which is shared by the stars within a particular cluster
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- stupefied — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- subinfeud — a grant by a feudal tenant of land to a further tenant
- sudorific — causing sweat; diaphoretic.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- surfeited — excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.