10-letter words containing d, r, a, f
- refit yard — a yard where ships are made ready for use again by repairing, re-equipping, or resupplying
- refundable — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rock-faced — (of a person) having a stiff, expressionless face.
- roof guard — any device for preventing snow from sliding off a sloping roof.
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- salad fork — a small, broad fork, usually one of a set, for eating salad or dessert.
- sanforized — (of a fabric) preshrunk using a patented process
- sang-froid — coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid.
- scar-faced — with a face marked by a scar or scars.
- 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.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- sognafjord — a fjord in the Norwegian Sea in SW Norway: the longest in Norway. 126 miles (203 km) long and up to 4291 feet (1308 meters) deep.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- speedfreak — an addict or habitual user of amphetamines, methamphetamines, or similar stimulating drugs.
- stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
- 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
- strandflat — a shore platform found along the coasts of Greenland, Iceland and Norway which may have formed as the result of glacial erosion
- strandwolf — brown hyena.
- stratified — to form or place in strata or layers.
- sulfa drug — any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections.
- swordcraft — skill in or the art of swordplay.
- tax refund — rebate on overpaid tax
- 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.
- to and fro — back-and-forth: to-and-fro motion.
- to-and-fro — back-and-forth: to-and-fro motion.
- trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
- tradecraft — the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected
- 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.
- underdraft — a tendency of a rolled piece to curve downward after passing through a stand, occurring when the upper roll is faster than the lower. Compare overdraft (def 7).
- underframe — the lower frame on which a vehicular structure rests: the underframe of a bus.
- unfactored — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- unfathered — having no father; fatherless.
- unfavoured — not regarded with especial kindness or approval
- unfeatured — not featured
- unfordable — (of a river, flood, stream, etc) not able to be forded
- unfrazzled — worn-out; fatigued: a party that left us frazzled.
- unheard of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unheard-of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unpaid-for — not paid for.
- unprofaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- unratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.