10-letter words containing f, a, l, d, e
- defrayable — Capable of being defrayed.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- devil of a — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- diseaseful — troublesome
- disinflate — (of an economy) to slow down the rate of inflation.
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- duffel bag — a large, cylindrical bag, especially of canvas, for carrying personal belongings, orginally used by military personnel.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- enfilading — Present participle of enfilade.
- exfoliated — Simple past tense and past participle of exfoliate.
- facsimiled — Simple past tense and past participle of facsimile.
- fadelessly — in a fadeless manner
- fall under — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- false dawn — zodiacal light occurring before sunrise.
- false pond — a mirage.
- false-card — to play a false card.
- falsehoods — Plural form of falsehood.
- familicide — The murder of an entire family by a family member.
- far afield — a long distance away
- farewelled — Simple past tense and past participle of farewell.
- fatherland — one's native country.
- federalese — awkward, evasive, or pretentious prose said to characterize the publications and correspondence of U.S. federal bureaus.
- federalism — the federal principle of government.
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federalize — to bring under the control of a federal government: to federalize the National Guard.
- feudalized — Simple past tense and past participle of feudalize.
- fiddleback — something shaped like a fiddle.
- fiddlehead — Nautical. a billethead having a form similar to the volute carved at the upper end of a violin.
- field army — army (def 2).
- field goal — Football. a three-point goal made by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball between the opponent's goalposts above the crossbar.
- field hand — a person who works in the fields of a farm or plantation.
- field lark — meadowlark.
- field rank — the rank of major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fieldfares — Plural form of fieldfare.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- film badge — a badgelike device that, when processed, indicates whether a dose of radiation has been received: worn by workers subject to radiation exposure.
- finlandize — to subject to Finlandization.
- firewalled — Simple past tense and past participle of firewall.
- fishtailed — Simple past tense and past participle of fishtail.
- fissipedal — (zoology) Being or relating to a fissiped.
- fitzgerald — Edward, 1809–83, English poet: translator of drama and poetry, especially of Omar Khayyám.
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flakeboard — a form of particle board.
- flanconade — in fencing, a thrust in the side
- flannelled — Wearing clothes made of flannel; especially wearing cricket whites.