9-letter words containing f, e, t, i
- outfitter — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- outoffice — an outbuilding
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- past life — previous incarnation
- pedatifid — (of a plant leaf) pedately divided, with the divisions less deep than in a pedate leaf
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- petit feu — a firing of ceramics at a low temperature.
- petrified — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- pikestaff — the shaft of an infantry pike.
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- pontifice — a priest in ancient Rome
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- press fit — a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- profiteer — a person who seeks or exacts exorbitant profits, especially through the sale of scarce or rationed goods.
- profiters — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- raffinate — the part of a liquid, especially an oil, remaining after its more soluble components have been extracted by a solvent.
- ratifiers — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- recertify — to attest as certain; give reliable information of; confirm: He certified the truth of his claim.
- recitatif — recitative2 .
- rectified — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- rectifier — a person or thing that rectifies.
- red shift — a shift toward longer wavelengths of the spectral lines emitted by a celestial object that is caused by the object moving away from the earth.
- refection — refreshment, especially with food or drink.
- refective — of or relating to refection; refreshing
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reformist — a person who advocates or practices reform; reformer.
- refortify — to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
- refudiate — to reject as untrue or refuse to acknowledge.
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- rejustify — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- renfierst — made fierce; enraged
- restiform — (esp of bundles of nerve fibres) shaped like a cord or rope; cordlike
- retestify — to testify again
- retrofire — to ignite (a retrorocket).
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- rift zone — a system of related, narrow structural depressions between parallel faults.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- rotiferan — relating to the phylum of freshwater invertebrates Rotifera
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- satisfice — to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across: the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.
- satisfied — content: a satisfied look.
- satisfies — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- sea fight — a fight between ships at sea.
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- semistiff — somewhat or fairly stiff; partially stiff
- septemfid — divided into seven
- septiform — sevenfold