9-letter words containing f, i, r, e
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferriages — Plural form of ferriage.
- ferruling — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- fertigate — to fertilize and irrigate at the same time, by adding fertilizers to the water supply
- fertilely — In a fertile manner.
- fertilise — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- fertility — the state or quality of being fertile.
- fertilize — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- fervidity — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- festering — Present participle of fester.
- fettering — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fiber pen — felt-tip pen.
- fiberfill — synthetic fibers, as polyester, used as a filling or insulating material for pillows, cushions, comforters, winter garments, etc.
- fiberglas — finespun filaments of glass made into yarn that is woven into textiles, used in woolly masses as insulation, and pressed and molded as plastic material
- fibrefill — a synthetic fibre used as a filling for pillows, quilted materials, etc
- fibrelike — resembling a fibre or fibres
- fibrocyte — an inactive fibroblast
- fibroline — a yarn made from waste products at cotton factories
- fibrolite — sillimanite.
- fieldfare — a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.
- fieldward — towards a field or fields
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- fieriness — The quality of being fiery.
- fierstein — Harvey, born 1954, U.S. playwright.
- fife rail — a rail surrounding or next to the mast of a sailing vessel for use in holding the pins to which some of the running rigging is belayed.
- fifeshire — Also called Fifeshire [fahyf-sheer, -sher] /ˈfaɪf ʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in E Scotland.
- fifteener — a fifteen-syllable line of poetry
- figpecker — A bird, the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
- figurante — a ballerina who does not perform solo.
- figure in — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figure on — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figure up — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figuredly — in a figured manner
- figurines — Plural form of figurine.
- filagreed — Simple past tense and past participle of filagree.
- filagrees — Plural form of filagree.
- filatures — Plural form of filature.
- file card — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filemaker — (software) A database application developed by Claris. It is currently the leading database application for the Macintosh and is the second most popular standalone package for Windows.
- filigreed — Ornamented with or resembling filigree work.
- filigrees — Plural form of filigree.
- fillagree — filigree.
- fillister — a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- film crew — a group of people who are involved in the practical and technical business of shooting a film
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- filmmaker — Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France.
- filtering — Present participle of filter.
- filtrable — filterable.