9-letter words containing f, e, d, r, a
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- face card — the king, queen, or jack of playing cards.
- face cord — a measure of wood cut for fuel, as arranged in a pile 8 feet wide, 4 feet high, and with pieces 12 to 18 inches in length
- fadeproof — Resistant to fading.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- faidherbe — Louis Léon César. 1818–89, French soldier and governor of Senegal (1854–65); founder of Dakar
- fair deal — the principles of the liberal wing of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Harry S Truman, consisting largely of a continuation and development of the principles of the New Deal.
- fair-lead — a pulley block, metal ring, etc. used to guide a line and cause it to run easily without chafing
- fairfaced — (of brickwork) having a neat smooth unplastered surface
- fairfield — a city in central California.
- fairtrade — Produced in such a way that all producers of the product receive a fair wage for their work.
- far-famed — widely known; famous.
- farandine — a cloth made from silk and wool (or silk and hair)
- farandole — a lively dance, of Provençal origin, in which all the dancers join hands and execute various figures.
- farmstead — a farm together with its buildings.
- feathered — clothed, covered, or provided with feathers, as a bird or an arrow.
- federally — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- federals' — pertaining to or of the nature of a union of states under a central government distinct from the individual governments of the separate states, as in federal government; federal system.
- federated — federated; allied.
- federates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of federate.
- federator — federated; allied.
- feedgrain — any cereal grain used as a feed for livestock, poultry, or other animals.
- feedwater — water to be supplied to a boiler from a tank or condenser for conversion into steam.
- feldspars — Plural form of feldspar.
- feralized — having once been domesticated but subsequently returned to wildness
- ferdinand — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- fernandel — real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin. 1903–71, French comic film actor
- fernandez — Juan [hwahn,, wahn;; Spanish hwahn] /ʰwɑn,, wɑn;; Spanish ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1536?–1602? Spanish navigator: explorer in South America and the Pacific.
- feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
- fieldfare — a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
- file card — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- fine-draw — Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- finlander — an inhabitant of Finland, especially a native who customarily speaks Swedish.