9-letter words containing s, a, f, e
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fumaroles — Plural form of fumarole.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fuselages — Plural form of fuselage.
- fusillade — a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- fustigate — to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
- gallflies — Plural form of gallfly.
- game fish — an edible fish capable of affording sport to the angler in its capture.
- garfishes — Plural form of garfish.
- gas field — a district yielding natural gas.
- gas-fired — using a gas for fuel.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- grassfire — A fire burning over grass or grassland.
- gratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gratify.
- hagfishes — Plural form of hagfish.
- half hose — short hose; socks.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-hose — socks
- half-size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- half-used — previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- handsfree — not requiring the use of the hands: handsfree telephone dialing by voice commands.
- haushofer — Karl, 1860–1946, German geographer and general: political adviser to Hitler.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- infancies — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
- infestant — a parasite
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- 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 site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.