10-letter words containing f, e, r
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.
- difluoride — (chemistry) any chloride containing two fluorine atoms in each molecule.
- disfavored — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfigure.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- disprofess — to renounce the profession of
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- done (for) — dead, ruined, etc.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- dorsifixed — (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
- draft beer — beer drawn or available to be drawn from a cask or barrel.
- draft tube — the flared passage leading vertically from a water turbine to its tailrace.
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- drift mine — a mine the opening of which is dug into an outcrop of coal or ore.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- drop forge — a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure
- drop-forge — to form in a drop forge.
- dropperful — the amount contained in a dropper
- dry freeze — the occurrence of freezing temperatures without the formation of hoarfrost.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- efferently — conveying or conducting away from an organ or part (opposed to afferent).
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effigurate — having a definite shape or form
- effleurage — a delicate stroking motion in massage.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.
- effrontery — shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: She had the effrontery to ask for two free samples.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- elytriform — having the form of an elytron
- emboliform — Plug-shaped.
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- encoffiner — A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.