9-letter words containing f, e, r, i, c
- flickered — Simple past tense and past participle of flicker.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- force fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forechoir — antechoir.
- forecited — previously cited.
- forensics — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forestick — the front log in a wood fire, as in a fireplace.
- forficate — deeply forked, as the tail of a bird.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formicide — A substance that kills ants.
- fornicate — to commit fornication.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fossicker — Someone who fossicks.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fraîcheur — freshness
- franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- francises — a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “Frenchman.”.
- freckling — Present participle of freckle.
- frederica — a female given name: derived from Frederick.
- frederick — (Frederick Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg) 1899–1972, king of Denmark 1947–72.
- free city — a city having an independent government and forming a sovereign state by itself.
- free kick — an unhindered kick of a stationary ball, usually awarded to a player as the result of a foul committed by a player from the opposing team.
- frenchify — to make (something or someone) resemble the French, as in manners, customs, or dress: to Frenchify the spelling of one's name.
- frenching — of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
- frenzical — (obsolete) frantic.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- fricassee — meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- friedcake — Chiefly Inland North. a doughnut or other small cake cooked in deep fat.
- friedrich — a male given name.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fruticose — having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- ice front — the forward section or seaward edge of an ice shelf.
- imperfect — not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infectors — Plural form of infector.
- inference — the act or process of inferring.
- inflicter — One who inflicts.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- interface — a surface regarded as the common boundary of two bodies, spaces, or phases.
- kerchiefs — Plural form of kerchief.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- mercified — Simple past tense and past participle of mercify.
- mercurify — to mix with mercury; amalgamate.