9-letter words containing e, c, r, i
- firestick — A poker used to arrange coals etc in a fire.
- firetruck — (US) A vehicle equipped with fire fighting apparatus.
- firmicute — Any bacterium of the phylum Firmicutes.
- fivescore — (archaic) Hundred.
- flickered — Simple past tense and past participle of flicker.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- force fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forechoir — antechoir.
- forecited — previously cited.
- forensics — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formicide — A substance that kills ants.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fraîcheur — freshness
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- freckling — Present participle of freckle.
- frederica — a female given name: derived from Frederick.
- frederick — (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.
- free city — a city having an independent government and forming a sovereign state by itself.
- free kick — an unhindered kick of a stationary ball, usually awarded to a player as the result of a foul committed by a player from the opposing team.
- frenchify — to make (something or someone) resemble the French, as in manners, customs, or dress: to Frenchify the spelling of one's name.
- frenching — of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
- frenzical — (obsolete) frantic.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- fricassee — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- friedcake — Chiefly Inland North. a doughnut or other small cake cooked in deep fat.
- friedrich — a male given name.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- garlicked — flavoured with garlic
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- gearstick — The lever used to change gear in a vehicle.
- generical — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geometric — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geotropic — of, relating to, or exhibiting geotropism.