10-letter words containing f, e, a
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- blackfella — an Aborigine or Black person
- blanc fixe — barium sulfate
- blue flags — any North American plant of the genus Iris, especially I. versicolor : the state flower of Tennessee.
- blue flash — green flash.
- bold-faced — confident or impudent
- bona fides — Someone's bona fides are their good or sincere intentions.
- boniface i — Saint, died a.d. 422, pope 418–422.
- boniface v — died a.d. 625, pope 619–625.
- boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
- brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- broadfaced — having a broad, wide face.
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- bufflehead — a small North American diving duck, Bucephala (or Glaucionetta) albeola: the male has black-and-white plumage and a fluffy head
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
- cafe creme — coffee with cream.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- caffeinate — To add caffeine.
- caffeinism — caffeism
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- calefactor — a heater
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- camoufleur — a person who camouflages military equipment
- candlefish — a salmonoid food fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, that occurs in the N Pacific and has oily flesh
- canefields — Plural form of canefield.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- case knife — sheath knife
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catafalque — a temporary raised platform on which a body lies in state before or during a funeral
- catch fire — to ignite
- catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.