9-letter words containing f, a, c, e
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- face-time — Face-time is time that you spend talking directly to someone, rather than talking by phone or email.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- 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
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factitive — noting or pertaining to verbs that express the idea of making or rendering in a certain way and that take a direct object and an additional word or group of words indicating the result of the process, as made in They made him king.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- factsheet — Alternative spelling of fact sheet.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- fade back — to move back from the line of scrimmage, as in order to throw a forward pass
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- faineance — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
- faineancy — Synonym of faineance.
- fairfaced — (of brickwork) having a neat smooth unplastered surface
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- fallacies — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- falseface — a mask
- fan dance — a solo dance performed by a nude or nearly nude woman using fans for covering.
- fanciable — Sexually attractive.
- fancified — to make fancy or fanciful; dress up; embellish.
- fanciless — Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
- fanciness — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- far piece — a considerable distance: They moved a far piece from here.
- farcelike — Resembling or characteristic of farce.
- farcemeat — forcemeat.
- farceuses — Plural form of farceuse.
- fasciated — Showing abnormal fusion of parts or organs, resulting in a flattened, ribbonlike structure.
- fascicled — Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster.
- fascicles — Plural form of fascicle.
- fascicule — a fascicle, especially of a book.
- fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- fastpaced — Alternative spelling of fast-paced.
- fatiscent — having cracks or chinks
- fauxmance — a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage
- favorance — a liking or preference: My family always had a favorance for farming.
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- feedbacks — Plural form of feedback.