9-letter words containing f, s
- disinform — to give or supply disinformation to.
- disk farm — (jargon) (Or "laundromat") A large room or rooms filled with disk drives (especially washing machines).
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- disprefer — (transitive, chiefly, linguistics) To favor or prefer (something) less than the alternatives.
- disprofit — to (cause to) fail to profit
- 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 .
- disulfide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- diversify — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- dobsonfly — a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head.
- dog shift — graveyard shift.
- dogfights — Plural form of dogfight.
- dogfishes — Plural form of dogfish.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- downfalls — Plural form of downfall.
- downshift — to shift an automotive transmission or vehicle into a lower gear.
- draftsman — draughtsman (def 1).
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
- driftfish — any of several butterfishes, especially of the genus Psenes, inhabiting tropical waters.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.
- dustproof — impervious to or free of dust.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- dyestuffs — Plural form of dyestuff.
- dysfluent — Without proper fluency; not fluent.
- earthfast — relating to a method of building or to buildings that have no foundations but are supported by posts knocked into the ground
- easefully — In an easeful way.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effluents — Plural form of effluent.
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- enfeebles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfeeble.
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- escoffier — (Georges) Auguste (oɡyst). 1846–1935, French chef at the Savoy Hotel, London (1890–99)
- estafette — a military courier
- eyes left — a command to troops to look left, esp as a salute when marching
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- fabianism — the theories of economic and social reform advocated by the Fabian Society.
- fabricius — Johan Christian [yoh-hahn kris-chuh n;; Danish yoh-hahn kris-tyahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈkrɪs tʃən;; Danish yoʊˈhɑn ˈkrɪs tyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1743–1808, Danish entomologist.
- fabritius — Carel [kah-ruh l] /ˈkɑ rəl/ (Show IPA), 1622–54, Dutch painter: pupil of Rembrandt.
- fabulists — Plural form of fabulist.
- face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facialist — a person who has special training in administering facials and other skin treatments for the face.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.