9-letter words containing f, e, m
- 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.
- 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)
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- doorframe — the frame of a doorway, including two jambs and a lintel, or head.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- dufferdom — the state of being or the characteristic appearance or behaviour of a duffer (in the sense of a useless and incompetent person)
- effingham — a town in central Illinois.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- exemplify — Be a typical example of.
- face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
- face time — time spent speaking or meeting with one or more people face to face, in contrast to phone conversations or other means of communication: Is he available for a couple of hours of face time?
- face-time — Face-time is time that you spend talking directly to someone, rather than talking by phone or email.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- fair game — a legitimate or likely object of attack, mockery, etc.: With his fat, round face, the politician was fair game for the cartoonists.
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- far-famed — widely known; famous.
- farcemeat — forcemeat.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- farm team — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farm-bike — a motorcycle built for off-road travel
- farmeress — (dated) A female farmer.
- farmhouse — a house on a farm, especially the one used by the farmer and farmer's family.
- farmstead — a farm together with its buildings.
- fast time — daylight-saving time.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- fauxmance — a fake romance between two celebrities in order to gain press coverage
- fax modem — a modem that can send and receive faxes, as documents or pictures.
- feed pump — A feed pump is a pump that moves a fluid such as a fuel at a controlled rate.
- feederism — A paraphilia in which arousal is obtained from overfeeding.
- fellowman — another member of the human race, especially a kindred human being: Don't deny full recognition to your fellowmen.
- fellowmen — another member of the human race, especially a kindred human being: Don't deny full recognition to your fellowmen.
- feme sole — an unmarried woman, whether never married, widowed, or divorced.
- femineity — feminine nature; womanliness.
- feminines — Plural form of feminine.
- feminised — Alternative spelling of feminized.
- feminists — Plural form of feminist.
- feminized — Made feminine; made to have more feminine behaviour, traits or physiology.
- feminizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of feminize.
- femtocell — A very small mobile phone base station that is connected to the phone network via the Internet, typically used in areas where the mobile signal is weak and considered to be smaller than a picocell.
- feoffment — (legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
- fermanagh — a county in SW Northern Ireland. 653 sq. mi. (1691 sq. km). County seat: Enniskillen.
- fermented — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.