9-letter words containing f, d, s, e
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- fusillade — a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- gas field — a district yielding natural gas.
- gas-fired — using a gas for fuel.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- good self — a polite way of referring to or addressing a person (or persons), used following your, his, her, or their
- half-used — previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- inside of — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- justified — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- misdefine — to define wrongly or badly
- misfitted — something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- misfolded — Simple past tense and past participle of misfold.
- misformed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- mistified — Simple past tense and past participle of mistify.
- modifiers — a person or thing that modifies.
- mystified — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- nefandous — Unspeakable, appalling.
- newsfeeds — Plural form of newsfeed.
- odiferous — Odoriferous; smelly.
- off-speed — slower than usual or expected, as a baseball pitch.
- offenders — Plural form of offender.
- offsaddle — (transitive, chiefly, South Africa) To unsaddle; remove the saddle from.
- offshored — Simple past tense and past participle of offshore.
- offsiders — Plural form of offsider.
- oilfields — Plural form of oilfield.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- red stuff — a compound of oil and sesquioxide of iron used for polishing brass, steel, silver, etc.; crocus or rouge.
- refreshed — to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- sad-faced — having a face characterized by or expressing sorrow.
- safe mode — (operating system) An alternative way to start Microsoft Windows such that only a minimal set of software components (drivers and background processes) are loaded, making it easier to diagnose problems. Safe mode loads a standard low resolution video driver and does not support connection to the Internet. Windows will sometimes restart in safe mode automatically following a crash. All Windows versions except Windows 3.1 can be started in safe mode, usually by holding the Ctrl or F8 key while the computer is restarting. To start Windows NT in safe mode you need to edit C:\boot.ini. Once the problem is fixed you need to restart Windows normally to load all the installed components.