9-letter words containing r, e, f
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cream off — To cream off part of a group of people means to take them away and treat them in a special way, because they are better than the others.
- creampuff — puff pastry filled with cream
- crossfire — Crossfire is gunfire, for example in a battle, that comes from two or more different directions and passes through the same area.
- crucifers — Plural form of crucifer.
- crucified — Simple past tense and past participle of crucify.
- crucifier — One who crucifies.
- crucifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crucify.
- cteniform — resembling a comb
- cube farm — an office which is divided up by mid-height partitions to create separate work spaces
- cuneiform — wedge-shaped
- cupferron — a salt ammonium compound (N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine) used as a reagent in metal ion complexation
- cupflower — any of various plants belonging to the genus Nierembergia, of the nightshade family, having showy tubular or bell-shaped flowers.
- cybercafe — A cybercafé is a café where people can pay to use the Internet.
- cyberself — An alternate self on the Internet or in cyberspace; an online alter-ego.
- date from — If something dates from a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- de forest — Lee. 1873–1961, US inventor of telegraphic, telephonic, and radio equipment: patented the first triode valve (1907)
- debriefed — Simple past tense and past participle of debrief.
- debriefer — a person who debriefs or creates a report after an assignment or an incident
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- deer fern — a common tufted erect fern of the polypody family, Blechnum spicant, having dark-green lanceolate leaves: it prefers acid soils, and in the US is sometimes grown as deer feed
- deerfield — a city in NE Illinois.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- defecator — One who defecates.
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- defenders — Plural form of defender.
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deferable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- deferents — Plural form of deferent.
- deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- deferrers — Plural form of deferrer.
- deferring — to submit for decision; refer: We defer questions of this kind to the president.
- defibered — (of food) having little or no natural fiber, typically as the result of commercial refining or processing.
- defibrate — to break (wood, paper, garbage, etc.) into fibrous components; reduce to fibers.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- deflexure — the act or condition of deflection or deviation
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers
- defoggers — Plural form of defogger.
- deforests — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deforest.
- deforming — Present participle of deform.
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- defragged — Simple past tense and past participle of defrag.
- defragger — a device which defragments computer files
- defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
- defrauder — One who defrauds.