9-letter words containing f, e, o
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- downforce — a force produced by air resistance plus gravity that increases the stability of an aircraft or motor vehicle by pressing it downwards
- drive off — vehicle: pull out, move off
- 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.
- dude food — food such as hot dogs, burgers, etc, considered particularly appealing to men
- dufferdom — the state of being or the characteristic appearance or behaviour of a duffer (in the sense of a useless and incompetent person)
- ecofallow — a method of farming that diminishes weeds and conserves water by rotating crops and reducing or eliminating tillage.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- effection — Creation; a doing.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effluxion — outward flow, as of water.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- el ferrol — a port in NW Spain, on the Atlantic: fortified naval base, with a deep natural harbour. Pop: 78 764 (2003 est)
- elfinwood — Krummholz.
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- enfeoffed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfeoff.
- enfolding — Present participle of enfold.
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- eruciform — Shaped like a caterpillar.
- escoffier — (Georges) Auguste (oɡyst). 1846–1935, French chef at the Savoy Hotel, London (1890–99)
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- 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
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factorize — Mathematics. to resolve into factors.
- fadeproof — Resistant to fading.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- fake book — a collection of lead sheets for musicians, especially a songbook of standards for use by jazz instrumentalists.
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- fall over — person: trip or slip
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- falsehood — a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- falsettos — Plural form of falsetto.
- falsework — framework for supporting a structure under construction that is not yet capable of supporting itself.