9-letter words containing f, e, t, o
- de forest — Lee. 1873–1961, US inventor of telegraphic, telephonic, and radio equipment: patented the first triode valve (1907)
- defecator — One who defecates.
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- definiton — Misspelling of definition.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- deforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforest.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defrosted — Simple past tense and past participle of defrost.
- defroster — a device by which the de-icing process of a refrigerator is accelerated, usually by circulating the refrigerant without the expansion process
- dentiform — shaped like a tooth
- diet food — a type of food intended to help people slim
- disforest — To disafforest.
- effection — Creation; a doing.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- eightfoot — measuring eight feet
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- 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.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- 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.
- fadometer — an instrument used to determine the resistance to fading of a pigment or dye
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falsettos — Plural form of falsetto.
- famousest — Superlative form of famous.
- fat depot — adipose tissue.
- fat mouse — any nocturnal African mouse of the genus Steatomys, of dry regions: eaten as a delicacy by Africans because of their high fat content: family Muridae
- faveolate — honeycombed; alveolate; pitted.
- favorites — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- favourite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- federator — federated; allied.
- feedstock — raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.
- fellation — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- femtocell — A very small mobile phone base station that is connected to the phone network via the Internet, typically used in areas where the mobile signal is weak and considered to be smaller than a picocell.
- fencepost — A post which helps hold up a fence.
- feoffment — (legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
- fermentor — The vessel in which fermentation takes place.
- ferrotype — to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin)