9-letter words containing f, e, d, r
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- four-eyed — having or seeming to have four eyes.
- fractured — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
- fraughted — Simple past tense and past participle of fraught.
- frederica — a female given name: derived from Frederick.
- frederick — (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.
- frederika — a female given name.
- free gold — treasury gold, including the legal reserve, not restricted to the redemption of gold certificates or other specific uses.
- free hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- free ride — Informal. something obtained without effort or cost: The fact that you're the general's sondoesn't mean you'll get a free ride in the army.
- free-hand — unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand.
- freebased — Simple past tense and past participle of freebase.
- freeboard — Nautical. the distance between the level of the water and the upper surface of the freeboard deck amidships at the side of a hull: regulated by the agencies of various countries according to the construction of the hull, the type of cargo carried, the area of the world in which it sails, the type of water, and the season of the year. Compare load line. (on a cargo vessel) the distance between the uppermost deck considered fully watertight and the official load line. the portion of the side of a hull that is above the water.
- freeholds — Plural form of freehold.
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- freeworld — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- freighted — goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- freshened — Simple past tense and past participle of freshen.
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- fried egg — egg cooked in pan of fat
- friedcake — Chiefly Inland North. a doughnut or other small cake cooked in deep fat.
- friedrich — a male given name.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- friending — a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- friendish — Like, or relating to a friend.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frikkadel — A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
- frittered — Simple past tense and past participle of fritter.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frondesce — To unfold leaves, as plants.
- front end — 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a "back end"). 2. Software that provides an interface to another program "behind" it, which may not be as user-friendly. Probably from analogy with hardware front-ends that interfaced with mainframes.
- front-end — relating to foremost part
- frontside — Denoting a maneuver in surfing and other board sports that is done counterclockwise for a regular rider and clockwise for a goofy rider.
- frostweed — a plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- fry bread — a flat wheat bread made by North American Indians of the SW U.S., that is cooked by frying in deep fat until light brown and puffed on both sides
- fulleride — a compound of a fullerene in which atoms are trapped inside the cage of carbon atoms
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fur trade — the worldwide business of buying and selling animal fur
- furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- furthered — at or to a greater distance; farther: I'm too tired to go further.
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- gas-fired — using a gas for fuel.
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- godfather — a novel (1969) by Mario Puzo.
- grand feu — a firing of ceramics at a high temperature.
- gratified — Obsolete. to reward; remunerate.
- grudgeful — Full of grudge; envious.