10-letter words containing f, a
- defragment — to reorganize files on (a disk) so that the parts of each file are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk, thereby improving computer performance and maximizing disk space.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- defrayable — Capable of being defrayed.
- defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- den father — (in the Boy Scouts) a man who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
- denazifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denazify.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- destratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- 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.
- di stéfano — Alfredo (ɑlˈfredo). 1926–2014, Argentinian-born football player, who played for Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and Real Madrid
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- disaffects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disaffect.
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- diseaseful — troublesome
- disfashion — (obsolete, transitive) To disfigure.
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disinflate — (of an economy) to slow down the rate of inflation.
- disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
- dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- dollarfish — butterfish.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- dorsal fin — the fin or finlike integumentary expansion generally developed on the back of aquatic vertebrates.
- doughfaced — over-persuadable
- downdrafts — Plural form of downdraft.
- downfallen — descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- draft beer — beer drawn or available to be drawn from a cask or barrel.
- draft card — the card issued to men who registered for the draft
- draft mark — any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the distance vertically from the lowermost part of the hull.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- draft tube — the flared passage leading vertically from a water turbine to its tailrace.
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- 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.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- duffel bag — a large, cylindrical bag, especially of canvas, for carrying personal belongings, orginally used by military personnel.
- dwarf door — a door of approximately half normal height, as the lower half of a Dutch door.
- 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
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- effaceable — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- effacement — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.