9-letter words containing f, a, d
- baldfaced — blatant or undisguised
- barefaced — You use barefaced to describe someone's behavior when you want to emphasize that they do not care that they are behaving wrongly.
- basifixed — (of an anther) attached to the filament by its base
- baud barf — (jargon) /bawd barf/ The garbage one gets on the display screen when using a modem connection with some protocol setting (especially line speed) incorrect, or when someone picks up a voice extension on the same line, or when really bad line noise disrupts the connection. Baud barf is not completely random, by the way; hackers with a lot of serial-line experience can usually tell whether the device at the other end is expecting a higher or lower speed than the terminal is set to. *Really* experienced ones can identify particular speeds.
- beadflush — (of paneling) having panels flush with their stiles and rails and surrounded with a flush bead.
- beardfish — any of several fishes of the family Polymyxiidae, found in the deeper waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, having a pair of long barbels under the chin.
- beatified — to make blissfully happy.
- beef road — a road used for transporting cattle
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bird farm — an aircraft carrier.
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- brainfood — any foodstuff containing nutrients thought to promote brain function, such as oily fish which is rich in omega-3 oils
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- canefield — A field where cane is grown.
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfooted — having feet resembling those of a cat.
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- chafeweed — wood cudweed.
- chaffered — Simple past tense and past participle of chaffer.
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- confidant — Someone's confidant is a man who they are able to discuss their private problems with.
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- daffiness — silliness; craziness
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damnified — Simple past tense and past participle of damnify.
- dampproof — resistant to dampness or the effects of dampness.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- dandified — greatly concerned with smartness of dress
- dandifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dandify.
- dandruffy — Dandrufflike.