10-letter words containing s, f, e
- distelfink — a stylized bird motif traditional in Pennsylvania German art.
- disulfides — Plural form of disulfide.
- disunified — to destroy the unity of.
- doorframes — Plural form of doorframe.
- dorsifixed — (botany) Said of anthers that are attached to the filament somewhere along their back.
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- dysfluency — disfluency.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- effectives — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- effectless — having no effect; useless
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effeteness — lacking in wholesome vigor; degenerate; decadent: an effete, overrefined society.
- efficacies — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- effluences — Plural form of effluence.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- effusively — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- eisteddfod — A competitive festival of music and poetry in Wales, in particular the annual National Eisteddfod.
- emulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of emulsify.
- emulsifier — A substance that stabilizes an emulsion, in particular a food additive used to stabilize processed foods.
- emulsifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emulsify.
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- enfestered — festered
- enserfment — the act of making into, or treating like, a slave
- esterified — Simple past tense and past participle of esterify.
- exfoliants — Plural form of exfoliant.
- exfoliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exfoliate.
- exsufflate — (obsolete) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
- eyes front — a command to troops to look ahead
- fabricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fabricate.
- face flies — flies (musca autumnalis) that attack cattle, feeding off their eye secretions
- face-saver — something that saves one's prestige or dignity: Allow him the face-saver of resigning instead of being fired.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- facelessly — Without a face or identity.
- faceplates — Plural form of faceplate.
- facileness — Superficiality, glibness.
- facilities — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- facsimiled — Simple past tense and past participle of facsimile.
- facsimiles — Plural form of facsimile.
- fact sheet — information page
- factorizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of factorize.