9-letter words containing f, d, n
- fusulinid — an extinct group of single-celled foraminifera
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- goldfinny — One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
- grand feu — a firing of ceramics at a high temperature.
- grand fir — a large fir, Abies grandis, of the western coast of North America, having a narrow, pointed crown and yielding a soft wood used for lumber, pulp, and boxes.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- hand-feed — Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Compare self-feed.
- handcraft — handicraft.
- handcuffs — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- hands off — of, belonging to, using, or used by the hand.
- hands-off — characterized by nonintervention or noninterference: the new hands-off foreign policy.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- handstaff — a small spear
- hard fern — a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed
- hindafell — Hindfell.
- hoofbound — (of horses and other hoofed animals) having the heels of the hoofs dry and contracted, causing lameness.
- houndfish — Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae.
- in aid of — An activity or event in aid of a particular cause or charity is intended to raise money for that cause or charity.
- indemnify — to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
- indignify — to treat in a humiliating manner; treat without dignity; shame
- infandous — (obsolete) Extremely odious.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infidelic — Religion. a person who does not accept a particular faith, especially Christianity. (in Christian use) an unbeliever, especially a Muslim. (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; kafir (def 2).
- infielder — any of the four defensive players stationed around the infield.
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- inflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- infolding — invagination.
- infra dig — beneath one's dignity.
- infra-red — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- infradian — (of a rhythm or cycle ) having a period of recurrence longer than a day; occurring less than once a day.
- infringed — to commit a breach or infraction of; violate or transgress: to infringe a copyright; to infringe a rule.
- ingrafted — engraft.
- inside of — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- intefadeh — Alternative spelling of intifada.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- junk food — food, as potato chips or candy, that is high in calories but of little nutritional value.
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- landfalls — Plural form of landfall.
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- left-hand — on or to the left: a left-hand turn at the intersection.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- line feed — (character) (LF, control-J, ASCII 10) The ASCII character meaning move the cursor down to the same column on the next line. Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper through the printer.
- linenfold — an ornamental motif resembling folded linen, carved on paneling.
- lion food — (humour) (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"