9-letter words containing r, f, e
- kerfuffle — Chiefly British Informal. a fuss; commotion.
- keto form — the form of tautomeric compounds when they are ketones rather than enols
- key frame — (graphics) A frame in an animated sequence of frames which was drawn or otherwise constructed directly by the user rather than generated automatically, e.g. by tweening.
- key fruit — a samara.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- kitesurfs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kitesurf.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- kurfuffle — Alternative spelling of kerfuffle.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- largeleaf — Applied to various kinds of plant characterized by large leaves.
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- lead-free — unleaded.
- leaf lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leaf roll — a viral disease of plants, especially potatoes, characterized by upward rolling of the leaflets, chlorosis, stunting, and necrosis of the phloem.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- leaf-lard — lard prepared from the leaf fat of the hog.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- left over — remaining
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- life peer — a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
- life raft — a raft, often inflatable, for use in emergencies, as when a ship must be abandoned or when a plane is downed at sea.
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- like fury — violently; furiously
- liquefier — A device used to liquify gases (by cooling and compression).
- liverleaf — hepatica.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- m-1 rifle — a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- magnifier — a person or thing that magnifies.
- mainframe — a large computer, often the hub of a system serving many users.
- male fern — a bright-green fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, of Europe and northeastern North America.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- mammifers — Plural form of mammifer.