10-letter words containing f, e, r
- befriended — to make friends or become friendly with; act as a friend to; help; aid: to befriend the poor and the weak.
- befriender — a person who befriends
- bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
- benacerraf — Baruj. 1920–2011, Venezuelan-born US immunologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1980) for his work on histocompatibility antigens
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- benefiters — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefitter — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benzofuran — a colourless insoluble aromatic liquid obtained from coal tar and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: C8H6O
- bernstorff — Count Johann-Heinrich [yoh-hahn-hahyn-rikh] /ˈyoʊ hɑnˈhaɪn rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1862–1939, German diplomat.
- berryfruit — any edible berry such as a raspberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant, or strawberry
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bettendorf — a city in E Iowa.
- better off — in more favourable circumstances, esp financially
- better-off — being in better circumstances, especially economically: Only the better-off nations can afford to send probes into space.
- bifluoride — an acid salt of hydrofluoric acid containing the group HF 2 -, as ammonium bifluoride, NH 4 HF 2.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- billfolder — billfold.
- biowarfare — biological warfare.
- bonhoeffer — Dietrich (ˈdiːtrɪç). 1906–45, German Lutheran theologian: executed by the Nazis
- brake fade — a gradual loss of braking power resulting from decreased friction between the lining and the drum or disc of the brake and usually caused by overheating.
- brake-fade — the decrease in efficiency of braking of a motor vehicle due to overheating of the brakes
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- brickfield — an area of ground where bricks are made
- broadfaced — having a broad, wide face.
- brookfield — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- broomfield — a city in N central Colorado.
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- brunfelsia — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Brunfelsia, of the nightshade family, native to tropical America, having white or purple tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- brush fire — a fire in brushwood
- brush-fire — limited in scope, area, or importance, as some labor disputes or local skirmishes.
- buck fever — nervous excitement felt by inexperienced hunters at the approach of game
- budget for — If you budget for something, you take account of it when you are deciding how much you can afford to spend on different things.
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- buffoonery — Buffoonery is foolish behaviour that makes you laugh.
- bugger off — If someone buggers off, they go away quickly and suddenly. People often say bugger off as a rude way of telling someone to go away.
- bumfreezer — any of various similar styles of short jacket worn by men
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- butterfish — an eel-like blennioid food fish, Pholis gunnellus, occurring in North Atlantic coastal regions: family Pholidae (gunnels). It has a slippery scaleless golden brown skin with a row of black spots along the base of the long dorsal fin
- caernarfon — a port and resort in NW Wales, in Gwynedd on the Menai Strait: 13th-century castle. Pop: 9726 (2001)
- cafe creme — coffee with cream.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- cake flour — finely ground wheat flour.
- calceiform — shaped like a shoe or slipper
- calciferol — a fat-soluble steroid, found esp in fish-liver oils, produced by the action of ultraviolet radiation on ergosterol. It increases the absorption of calcium from the intestine and is used in the treatment of rickets. Formula: C28H43OH
- calefactor — a heater
- calorifier — a water tank fitted with a coil, or coils, that can be heated in order to heat the water