9-letter words containing f, e, d, i
- defogging — to remove the fog or moisture from (a car window, mirror, etc.).
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- defrizzed — Simple past tense and past participle of defrizz.
- defueling — combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- defunding — Present participle of defund.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- demassify — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- demulsify — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which an emulsion is permanently broken down into its constituents
- demystify — If you demystify something, you make it easier to understand by giving a clear explanation of it.
- demythify — to remove the mythical characteristics from (a person)
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- denitrify — to undergo or cause to undergo loss or removal of nitrogen compounds or nitrogen
- densified — to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- densifier — something that makes things more dense
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- desertify — to (cause to) become a desert
- designful — full of design or intention
- desireful — Filled with desire; eager.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- devilfish — any manta
- devitrify — to change from a vitreous state to a crystalline state
- diet food — a type of food intended to help people slim
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- differeth — Archaic third-person singular form of differ.
- differing — to disagree in opinion, belief, etc.; be at variance; disagree (often followed by with or from): His business partner always differs with him.
- difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- diffluent — tending to flow off or away.
- diffusate — (in dialysis) the solution or the crystalline material that passes into it through the semipermeable membrane; dialyzate.
- diffusely — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- diffusers — Plural form of diffuser.
- diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- difluence — diffluence.
- dignified — characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.
- dignifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dignify.
- dipperful — (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- disfigure — to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.