9-letter words containing f, a, t, e
- pantofles — a slipper.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pedatifid — (of a plant leaf) pedately divided, with the divisions less deep than in a pedate leaf
- perforant — perforating; esp (of blood vessels) perforating other anatomical structures
- perforate — to make a hole or holes through by boring, punching, piercing, or the like.
- perfusate — a fluid pumped or flowing through an organ or tissue.
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- preformat — to format in advance
- quad left — (in computer typesetting) flush left.
- raffinate — the part of a liquid, especially an oil, remaining after its more soluble components have been extracted by a solvent.
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- recitatif — recitative2 .
- redecraft — logic
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reformate — the product of the reforming process.
- refracted — to subject to refraction.
- refractor — a person or thing that refracts.
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- run after — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- runecraft — understanding of and skill working with runes
- safe seat — In politics, a safe seat is an area in which the candidate from one particular party nearly always wins by a large number of votes.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- see after — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shamefast — shamefaced.
- sheatfish — a large, freshwater catfish, Silurus glanis, inhabiting rivers in central and eastern Europe, sometimes reaching a weight of 400 pounds (181.4 kg).
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shitfaced — very drunk.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- stall-fed — (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.