9-letter words containing s, f, e
- diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- dignifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dignify.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- disfigure — to mar the appearance or beauty of; deform; deface: Our old towns are increasingly disfigured by tasteless new buildings.
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- disforest — To disafforest.
- disformed — Simple past tense and past participle of disform.
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- disinfest — to rid of insects, rodents, etc.
- disprefer — (transitive, chiefly, linguistics) To favor or prefer (something) less than the alternatives.
- distaffer — a woman, especially in a field or place usually or generally dominated by men: the first distaffer to have a seat on the stock exchange.
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disulfide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- diversify — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- dogfishes — Plural form of dogfish.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- draftsmen — (US) Plural form of draftsman.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnets — Plural form of driftnet.
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dwarfness — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
- dyestuffs — Plural form of dyestuff.
- dysfluent — Without proper fluency; not fluent.
- earthfast — relating to a method of building or to buildings that have no foundations but are supported by posts knocked into the ground
- easefully — In an easeful way.
- ecofreaks — Plural form of ecofreak.
- effectors — Plural form of effector.
- effluents — Plural form of effluent.
- effusions — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- enfeebles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfeeble.
- enforcers — Plural form of enforcer.
- escoffier — (Georges) Auguste (oɡyst). 1846–1935, French chef at the Savoy Hotel, London (1890–99)
- estafette — a military courier
- eyes left — a command to troops to look left, esp as a salute when marching
- fabaceous — belonging to the Fabaceae, an alternative name for the plant family Leguminosae.
- face mask — Sports. the protective equipment, usually made of steel or plastic, that guards the face, as the steel cage worn by a baseball catcher or the molded plastic covering worn by a hockey goalkeeper.
- facefirst — Violently forward, so as to strike something with one's face.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- facetious — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factories — A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
- factorise — (mathematics): To create a list of factors.
- factsheet — Alternative spelling of fact sheet.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faddiness — the state or quality of being excessively fussy, esp with food
- fadeaways — Plural form of fadeaway.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- fail-safe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- faintness — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.