10-letter words containing i, r, e, f
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disfigured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfigure.
- disfrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of disfrock.
- disprofess — to renounce the profession of
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- dorsifixed — (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- drift mine — a mine the opening of which is dug into an outcrop of coal or ore.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- effigurate — having a definite shape or form
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- elytriform — having the form of an elytron
- emboliform — Plug-shaped.
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- encoffiner — A person whose profession is to prepare the body of a deceased person and place it in a coffin, especially in a ceremonial or ritualistic manner.
- enforcible — Capable of being enforced.
- engrafting — Present participle of engraft.
- esterified — Simple past tense and past participle of esterify.
- etherified — Simple past tense and past participle of etherify.
- exfiltrate — Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
- exfoliator — An exfoliant.
- fabricable — able to be formed or shaped; capable of being constructed or manufactured.
- fabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- fabricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate.
- factfinder — a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.
- factorized — Simple past tense and past participle of factorize.
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.
- fahrenheit — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- faintheart — person who lacks courage; coward.
- fair shake — an equitable opportunity or treatment: The judges promised that every entrant in the contest would get a fair shake.
- fair trade — legal or ethical commerce
- fair-sized — quite big
- fair-trade — to sell (a commodity) under a fair-trade agreement.
- fairminded — Alternative form of fair-minded.
- fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairy-tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fairytales — Plural form of fairytale.
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- fall river — a seaport in SE Massachusetts, on an arm of Narragansett Bay.
- false ribs — any of the lower five ribs on either side of the body, which are not directly attached to the sternum.
- falsifiers — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- fantasizer — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- far afield — a long distance away
- far-seeing — having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.