10-letter words containing f, e, a, s
- news flash — flash (def 6).
- night safe — a safe built into the outside wall of a bank, in which customers can deposit money at times when the bank is closed
- oafishness — The state of being oafish.
- oak forest — a town in NE Illinois.
- obfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- obfuscates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obfuscate.
- off season — a time of year other than the regular or busiest one for a specific activity: Fares are lower in the off-season.
- off stream — (of an industrial plant, manufacturing process, etc) shut down or not in production
- off-season — a time of year other than the regular or busiest one for a specific activity: Fares are lower in the off-season.
- officiates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of officiate.
- offsetable — able to balance, counteract, or compensate for something else
- open flash — a photographic technique employing a flash fired while the camera shutter is held open.
- oriflammes — Plural form of oriflamme.
- overdrafts — Plural form of overdraft.
- paddlefish — a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
- pausefully — in a pauseful manner
- perforatus — a muscle that bends a digit
- permafrost — (in arctic or subarctic regions) perennially frozen subsoil.
- persiflage — light, bantering talk or writing.
- persulfate — a salt of persulfuric acid, as potassium persulfate, K 2 S 2 O 5 or K 2 S 2 O 8 .
- play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- poriferans — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- prefascist — relating to fascist leanings before Fascism was founded in 1919
- puff paste — a rich dough for making puff pastry.
- qualifiers — Plural form of qualifier.
- quantifies — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quasi-free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- rafinesque — Constantine Samuel, 1783–1840, U.S. naturalist, born in Turkey.
- rainforest — a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
- reafforest — to replant (an area that was formerly forested)
- reclassify — to classify anew.
- reforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- relay fast — (esp in India) a form of protest in which a number of persons go without food by turns
- remanifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- resurfacer — a machine or tool used for resurfacing
- retransfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- rift-sawed — (of lumber) sawed radially so that the broader sides of the boards or timbers are approximately perpendicular to the annual rings.
- rijsttafel — an Indonesian meal consisting of rice served with a large array of small dishes of meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and condiments.
- ring false — to give the impression of being false
- roast beef — cow's meat cooked in oven
- roof space — the attic space inside a roof
- sacrificed — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- sacrificer — the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- safe haven — an area near a combat zone that is maintained as being free from military attack.
- safe house — a dwelling or building whose conventional appearance makes it a safe or inconspicuous place for hiding, taking refuge, or carrying on clandestine activities.
- safe space — a place or forum where people can openly discuss controversial subjects without fear of reprisal
- safety car — life car.
- safety man — safety (def 6c).
- safety net — a large net rigged between a person, as a trapeze performer, and the ground as protection in a fall.