9-letter words containing f, e, d, r
- perfboard — hardboard with perforations into which pegs or hooks can be inserted for hanging or displaying objects.
- perfected — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- perfervid — very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned: perfervid patriotism.
- performed — to carry out; execute; do: to perform miracles.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- predefine — to define in advance
- prefabbed — prefabricated.
- preferred — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- prefeudal — of the period before the feudal era
- prefilled — filled in advance
- preformed — to form beforehand.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- professed — avowed; acknowledged.
- proffered — to put before a person for acceptance; offer.
- proofread — to read (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) in order to detect and mark errors to be corrected.
- pufendorf — Samuel von [zah-moo-uh l fuh n] /ˈzɑ mu əl fən/ (Show IPA), ("Severinus de Monzambano") 1632–94, German jurist and historian.
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- re-offend — to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
- rectified — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- red dwarf — any of the faint reddish stars having diameters about half that of the sun and low surface temperatures, about 2000–3000 K; a main sequence star of spectral type M.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- red stuff — a compound of oil and sesquioxide of iron used for polishing brass, steel, silver, etc.; crocus or rouge.
- red-faced — having a red face.
- redecraft — logic
- redefined — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- referenda — the principle or practice of referring measures proposed or passed by a legislative body, head of state, etc., to the vote of the electorate for approval or rejection. Compare initiative (def 4a).
- refinding — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- refined c — (RC) An extension of C to directly specify data access rights so that flow analysis, and hence automatic parallelisation, is more effective. Research implementations only. "Refining A Conventional Language For Race-Free Specification Of Parallel Algorithms," H.G. Dietz et al, Proc 1984 Intl Conf Parallel Proc, pp.380-382.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reflected — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- reformado — (formerly) a disgraced officer who is deprived of his command but still has the same rank and sometimes is still paid
- reforward — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- refounder — a person who refounds
- refracted — to subject to refraction.
- refrained — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refreshed — to provide new vigor and energy by rest, food, etc. (often used reflexively).
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- regardful — observant; attentive; heedful (often followed by of): a man regardful of the feelings of others.
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- rewardful — offering reward; rewarding
- ricefield — a field where rice is grown
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rodfisher — an angler or a person who fishes with a fishing rod
- roof-deck — a part of a flat roof used for gardening, sunbathing, etc.
- safeguard — something that serves as a protection or defense or that ensures safety.
- saffroned — containing or coloured by saffron
- seed fern — any of various plants of the order Lyginopteridales (or Cycadofilicales), known only as fossils, having fernlike leaves and reproducing by means of seeds.
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.