9-letter words containing f, e, t
- 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 .
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- 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.
- duty-free — Duty-free goods are sold at airports or on planes or ships at a cheaper price than usual because you do not have to pay import tax on them.
- dyestuffs — Plural form of dyestuff.
- dysfluent — Without proper fluency; not fluent.
- earthfall — a fall of earth or a landslide
- earthfast — relating to a method of building or to buildings that have no foundations but are supported by posts knocked into the ground
- 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.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effectual — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- efficient — (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
- effluents — Plural form of effluent.
- effortful — marked by effort or exertion; labored.
- effulgent — shining forth brilliantly; radiant.
- 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.
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- engrafted — Simple past tense and past participle of engraft.
- entry fee — the fee you have to pay to join a society, club, gym, etc
- estafette — a military courier
- ethelwulf — died 858 ad, king of Wessex (839–858)
- eventfull — Archaic form of eventful.
- 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.
- eyes left — a command to troops to look left, esp as a salute when marching
- fabricate — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- 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.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- 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.