9-letter words containing i, n, f, e
- different — not alike in character or quality; distinct in nature; dissimilar: The two brothers are very different, although they are identical twins.
- differing — to disagree in opinion, belief, etc.; be at variance; disagree (often followed by with or from): His business partner always differs with him.
- diffident — lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- diffluent — tending to flow off or away.
- difluence — diffluence.
- dignified — characterized or marked by dignity of aspect or manner; stately; decorous: dignified conduct.
- dignifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dignify.
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- 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.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- edificant — Building; constructing.
- efavirenz — a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.
- 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.
- efficient — (esp. of a system or machine) Achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.
- effingham — a town in central Illinois.
- effluxion — outward flow, as of water.
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- elfinwood — Krummholz.
- enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
- enfolding — Present participle of enfold.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- engulfing — Present participle of engulf.
- epifaunal — relating to epifauna
- equifinal — That have the same outcome, end or result.
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- 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
- faddiness — the state or quality of being excessively fussy, esp with food
- fainaigue — British Dialect. to shirk; evade work or responsibility.
- faineance — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
- faineancy — Synonym of faineance.
- faintness — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fair rent — (in Britain) the rent for a private tenancy, fixed and registered by a rent officer, and based on the size, condition, and usefulness of the property, but not its scarcity value
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falernian — (especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.
- fall line — an imaginary line, marked by waterfalls and rapids, where rivers descend abruptly from an upland to a lowland.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fanciable — Sexually attractive.
- fancified — to make fancy or fanciful; dress up; embellish.
- fanciless — Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
- fanciness — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fantasied — noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.
- fantasies — Plural form of fantasy.
- fantasise — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.