9-letter words containing f, e, t
- aftertime — the time to come; the future
- afterward — If you do something or if something happens afterward, you do it or it happens after a particular event or time that has already been mentioned.
- afterword — An afterword is a short essay at the end of a book, usually written by the author.
- afterwork — outside work hours; taking place or done after one's regular job is finished.
- air fleet — a group of military aircraft, usually under one commander.
- airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
- airlifter — a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antitheft — (of a device, campaign, system, etc) designed to prevent theft
- aperitifs — Plural form of aperitif.
- artefacts — Plural form of artefact.
- artificer — a skilled craftsman
- artifices — Plural form of artifice.
- asafetida — a bad-smelling gum resin obtained from various Asiatic plants (genus Ferula) of the umbel family: it was formerly used to treat some illnesses or, in folk medicine, to repel disease
- ask after — If someone asks after you, they ask someone how you are.
- astrofell — (in the works of Spenser) an unidentified plant, commonly believed to be akin to an aster
- autoflare — a computer-operated, automatic landing system in an aircraft
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beatified — to make blissfully happy.
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- beefeater — Beefeaters are guards at the Tower of London. They wear a uniform made in the style of the sixteenth century.
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- befitting — proper or right; suitable
- befortune — to happen, befall, come about
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- benefited — something that is advantageous or good; an advantage: He explained the benefits of public ownership of the postal system.
- benefiter — a person who derives benefit
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bisulfite — an acid sulfite containing the monovalent negative radical HSO3
- bit field — (data) Part of an item of data, storage location or message, identified as a certain number of contiguous bits starting at a certain bit position within the data. Bit position zero is usually the least significant bit. For example, in an ARM machine code instruction the four-bit field at bits 28 to 31 (the four most significant bits in the 32-bit word) is the "condition code".
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- bitchfest — a malicious and spiteful discussion of people, events, etc
- blitheful — joyous, merry, or happy in disposition; glad; cheerful: Everyone loved her for her blithe spirit.
- blueshift — a shift in the spectral lines of a stellar spectrum towards the blue end of the visible region relative to the wavelengths of these lines in the terrestrial spectrum: a result of the Doppler effect caused by stars approaching the solar system
- bottleful — the amount a bottle will hold
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- bucketful — A bucketful of something is the amount contained in a bucket.
- buffeting — response of an aircraft structure to buffet, esp an irregular oscillation of the tail
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- butterfly — A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body.