9-letter words containing f, e, a
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- befalling — A happening; occurrence; chance; event.
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- bifocaled — wearing bifocals
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- blackface — a performer made up to imitate a Black person
- blackfire — a disease of tobacco, characterized by angular, dark lesions on the leaves, caused by a bacterium, Pseudomonas angulata.
- blue flag — an award given to a seaside resort that meets EU standards of cleanliness of beaches and purity of water in bathing areas
- bluffable — able to be achieved through or influenced by bluffing
- bold face — a weight of type characterized by thick heavy lines, as the entry words in this dictionary
- bold-face — type or print that has thick, heavy lines, used for emphasis, headings, etc. This is a sample of boldface.
- boldfaced — impudent or forward in manner
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- box frame — Architecture. a monolithic reinforced-concrete structure having walls and floors in the form of slabs.
- break off — If part of something breaks off or if you break it off, it comes off or is removed by force.
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- broadleaf — any tobacco plant having broad leaves, used esp in making cigars
- broadwife — a female slave whose husband was owned by another master.
- buffaloed — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- cacafuego — a person with a fiery temper
- cafe noir — black coffee
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- caffeinic — related to or containing caffeine
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campfires — Plural form of campfire.
- canefield — A field where cane is grown.
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- car-ferry — a vessel for transporting vehicles, in addition to passengers, across a body of water, esp as a regular service
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- care-free — without anxiety or worry.
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carnified — Simple past tense and past participle of carnify.
- carnifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of carnify.
- carrefour — a public square, esp one at the intersection of several roads