9-letter words containing s, f, e
- soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soft sell — gentle persuasion to buy sth
- soft-core — of, relating to, or containing sexually arousing depictions that are not fully explicit: soft-core pornography. Compare hard-core (def 2).
- soft-sell — to promote (a product, service, etc.) using indirect or gentle persuasion: an advertising campaign to soft-sell a new perfume.
- soft-shoe — of, relating to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps.
- softbench — An IPSE from Hewlett-Packard.
- softcover — paperback edition of a book
- soften up — make softer
- softmodem — The integration of modem controller and data pump algorithms into a single RAM-based DSP hardware architecture. These integrated algorithms are stored on the computer's hard disk, from which they are downloaded into the DSP board's random-access memory (RAM). This downloading, or "booting" process of the PC-installed software algorithms occurs as part of the computer's power-up initialisation process in less than 100 milliseconds, making it transparent to the user.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solfeggio — a vocal exercise in which the sol-fa syllables are used.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
- soufriere — Also, La Soufrière. a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 feet (1234 meters).
- sourceful — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
- sous chef — the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.
- sous-chef — the second in command in a kitchen; the person ranking next after the head chef.
- spadefish — a deep-bodied marine fish of the genus Chaetodipterus, especially C. faber, of Atlantic coastal waters of North America.
- spadefoot — spadefoot toad.
- speak for — to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- spearfish — fish: type of marlin
- specifics — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.
- specified — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- specifier — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- specifies — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- speechful — full of speech or expression
- speechify — to make a speech or speeches; harangue.
- spiel off — to recite by or as if by rote
- spikefish — a large sea fish
- spleenful — full of or displaying spleen.
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- spoon-fed — fed with a spoon.
- spot fine — penalty paid immediately
- stall-fed — (of animals) confined to and fed in a stall, especially for fattening.
- stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- steadfast — fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- sternfast — a rope for securing a boat at stern to another boat, dock, or buoy
- stiffened — to make stiff.
- stiffener — a person or thing that stiffens.
- stiffness — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- stiffware — a type of computer software that is difficult to modify
- stoneface — living stones.
- stonefish — a tropical scorpion fish, Synanceja verrucosa, having dorsal-fin spines from which a deadly poison is discharged.
- streetful — the amount of people or things a street can hold
- stressful — full of stress or tension: the stressful days before a war.
- stretford — an industrial town in NW England, in Trafford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 42 103 (2001)
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.