9-letter words containing e, n, f, r
- coniferin — a grayish-white, water-soluble powder, C 16 H 22 O 8 ⋅2H 2 O, obtained from the cambium of coniferous trees and from asparagus: used chiefly in the manufacture of vanillin.
- corn beef — corned beef.
- cornfield — A cornfield is a field in which corn is being grown.
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- cornified — Converted into horn; horny.
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- deer fern — a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed
- defenders — Plural form of defender.
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- deferents — Plural form of deferent.
- deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
- deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- denitrify — to undergo or cause to undergo loss or removal of nitrogen compounds or nitrogen
- densifier — something that makes things more dense
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- differing — to disagree in opinion, belief, etc.; be at variance; disagree (often followed by with or from): His business partner always differs with him.
- downforce — a force produced by air resistance plus gravity that increases the stability of an aircraft or motor vehicle by pressing it downwards
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- efavirenz — a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.
- efference — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- enflurane — A volatile organic liquid used as a general anesthetic.
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- entry fee — the fee you have to pay to join a society, club, gym, etc
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- fair rent — (in Britain) the rent for a private tenancy, fixed and registered by a rent officer, and based on the size, condition, and usefulness of the property, but not its scarcity value
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falernian — (especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- farandine — a cloth made from silk and wool (or silk and hair)
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- farinelli — Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), (Carlo Broschi) 1705–82, Italian operatic male soprano.
- farnarkel — to spend time or act in a careless or inconsequential manner; waste time
- farnesene — (chemistry) Any of six sesquiterpenes, one of which is responsible for the green colour of apples.
- farseeing — having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- fashioner — a person who fashions, forms, or gives shape to anything.