9-letter words containing d, n, r
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- finlander — an inhabitant of Finland, especially a native who customarily speaks Swedish.
- firebrand — a piece of burning wood or other material.
- firsthand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- flankered — Simple past tense and past participle of flanker.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- flounders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder.
- foodborne — Transmitted through food.
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- forboding — Alternative form of foreboding.
- forehands — Plural form of forehand.
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- forenamed — named before; mentioned before in the same writing or speech; aforementioned.
- forfended — Simple past tense and past participle of forfend.
- fortran d — A data-parallel Fortran developed by Ken Kennedy at Rice University. E-mail: Theresa Chapman <[email protected]>.
- forwander — to wander far
- found art — art comprised of found objects.
- foundered — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
- foundress — a woman who establishes something, as an institution or religious order; founder.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- foundrous — founderous.
- fragonard — Jean Honoré [zhahn aw-naw-rey] /ʒɑ̃ ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1732–1806, French painter.
- frankland — Sir Edward, 1825–99, English chemist: developed theory of valence.
- fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
- free hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- free-hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- freshened — Simple past tense and past participle of freshen.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- friending — a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- friendish — Like, or relating to a friend.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front-end — relating to foremost part
- frontload — Alternative form of front-load.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frontward — in a direction toward the front.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- gabardine — Also, gaberdine. a firm, tightly woven fabric of worsted, cotton, polyester, or other fiber, with a twill weave.
- gaberdine — Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
- gandering — Present participle of gander.
- ganderism — foolish behaviour
- gangboard — a raised walk on a sailing ship, crossing the waist and connecting the forecastle directly with the quarterdeck.
- gangrened — Infected with gangrene, gangrenous.
- gardeners — Plural form of gardener.
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- gardenias — Plural form of gardenia.