9-letter words containing f, e, t, i
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- drift ice — detached floating ice in masses that drift with the wind or ocean currents, as in the polar seas.
- drift net — a fishing net supported upright in the water by floats attached along the upper edge and sinkers along the lower, so as to be carried with the current or tide.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- drive fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- edificant — Building; constructing.
- effecting — something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence: Exposure to the sun had the effect of toughening his skin.
- effection — Creation; a doing.
- effective — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- efficient — (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
- 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.
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- face time — time spent speaking or meeting with one or more people face to face, in contrast to phone conversations or other means of communication: Is he available for a couple of hours of face time?
- face-lift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- face-time — Face-time is time that you spend talking directly to someone, rather than talking by phone or email.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceprint — a digitally recorded representation of a person's face that can be used for security purposes because it is as individual as a fingerprint
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factitive — noting or pertaining to verbs that express the idea of making or rendering in a certain way and that take a direct object and an additional word or group of words indicating the result of the process, as made in They made him king.
- 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.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faintness — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fair rent — (in Britain) the rent for a private tenancy, fixed and registered by a rent officer, and based on the size, condition, and usefulness of the property, but not its scarcity value
- fairtrade — Produced in such a way that all producers of the product receive a fair wage for their work.
- fairytale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- faithless — not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
- falsities — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fantasied — noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.
- fantasies — Plural form of fantasy.
- fantasise — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- fantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- fasciated — Showing abnormal fusion of parts or organs, resulting in a flattened, ribbonlike structure.
- fascinate — to attract and hold attentively by a unique power, personal charm, unusual nature, or some other special quality; enthrall: a vivacity that fascinated the audience.
- fast time — daylight-saving time.