9-letter words containing f, e, a
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catfooted — having feet resembling those of a cat.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
- cefcapene — A particular third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
- chafeweed — wood cudweed.
- chaffered — Simple past tense and past participle of chaffer.
- chafferer — One who chaffers; a bargainer.
- chalkface — the work or art of teaching in a school, esp classroom teaching as distinct from organizational responsibilities (esp in the phrase at the chalkface)
- chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
- chanceful — eventful
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- cofeature — a joint feature
- cofferdam — a watertight structure, usually of sheet piling, that encloses an area under water, pumped dry to enable construction work to be carried out. Below a certain depth a caisson is required
- cofinance — to be one of two or more organizations that provide finance for (an enterprise)
- confabbed — Simple past tense and past participle of confab.
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- confervae — Plural form of conferva.
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- conflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate.
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- craftiest — Superlative form of crafty.
- craftless — without craft or cunning
- craftsmen — a person who practices or is highly skilled in a craft; artisan.
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cream off — To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cybercafe — A cybercafé is a café where people can pay to use the Internet.
- daffiness — silliness; craziness
- damnified — Simple past tense and past participle of damnify.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata