9-letter words containing t, e, m, f
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flamsteed — John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- flatmates — Plural form of flatmate.
- fleshment — the state of being stimulated, as by a successful first attempt at something.
- flexitime — a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
- flextimer — a person who works flexitime
- flimsiest — Superlative form of flimsy.
- flowmeter — an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.
- fluxmeter — an instrument for measuring magnetic flux, consisting essentially of a ballistic galvanometer.
- focometer — an instrument for measuring the focal length of a lens or other optical system.
- fomenting — Present participle of foment.
- font name — a Christian name; baptismal name; first name.
- footframe — a rigid midsole molded into the back part of a shoe or boot, adding stability.
- forcemeat — a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.
- forcement — (obsolete) The act of forcing; compulsion.
- foremasts — Plural form of foremast.
- formative — giving form or shape; forming; shaping; fashioning; molding: a formative process in manufacturing.
- formatted — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- formatter — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- formicate — To move like ants.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- fort myer — a military reservation in N Virginia, N of Alexandria.
- forthcame — Simple past form of forthcome.
- forthcome — To come forth.
- fowl mite — any of various mites parasitic in birds, usually bloodsucking and including the red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), both pests of poultry
- fragments — Plural form of fragment.
- framerate — Alternative form of frame rate.
- fremantle — a seaport in SW Australia, near Perth.
- frenotomy — The surgical cutting of the frenum.
- freshment — (obsolete) freshment.
- fromentin — Eugene [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), 1820–76, French painter, critic, and author.
- frumpiest — frumpish.
- full term — completion
- full-term — of or noting the entire duration of normal pregnancy.
- full-time — working or operating the customary number of hours in each day, week, or month: a full-time housekeeper; full-time production. Compare part-time.
- fulminate — to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- fumigated — Simple past tense and past participle of fumigate.
- fundament — the buttocks.
- furniment — the state or quality of being furnished
- half term — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamfatter — a second-rate or ineffectual actor
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homefront — Alternative form of home front.