10-letter words containing f
- draft mark — any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the distance vertically from the lowermost part of the hull.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- draft tube — the flared passage leading vertically from a water turbine to its tailrace.
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- dragonfish — any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of Antarctic seas, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- drainfield — an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.
- drake foot — a pad foot having the form of three connected lobes.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- 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.
- drift lead — a lead indicating, by the angle its line makes with the perpendicular, the movement of a supposedly stationary ship or the movement of water past a stationary ship.
- drift mine — a mine the opening of which is dug into an outcrop of coal or ore.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- driftingly — In a way that drifts.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- drop forge — a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure
- drop front — fall front.
- drop-forge — to form in a drop forge.
- drop-front — designating a desk with a front panel fitted with hinges on its bottom edge so that it can be pivoted forward and down to form a surface for writing
- dropperful — the amount contained in a dropper
- drownproof — to teach (a person) the technique of drownproofing.
- dry freeze — the occurrence of freezing temperatures without the formation of hoarfrost.
- 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).
- duckfooted — afflicted with splayfoot.
- duffel bag — a large, cylindrical bag, especially of canvas, for carrying personal belongings, orginally used by military personnel.
- dulce gulf — Izabal, Lake.
- dulcifying — Present participle of dulcify.
- dull knife — (Tah-me-la-pash-me) died 1883, leader of the Northern Cheyenne.
- dumbfounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound.
- dumfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- dwarf door — a door of approximately half normal height, as the lower half of a Dutch door.
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dwarf star — any of the ordinary main sequence stars, as those of spectral types O, B, A, F, G, K, and M.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- dysfluency — disfluency.
- e. f. codd — (person) The inventor of the relational data model of databases.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- edifyingly — In such a manner as to instruct or enlighten.
- effaceable — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- effacement — to wipe out; do away with; expunge: to efface one's unhappy memories.
- effectible — (dated, 1600s) Capable of being done or achieved.
- effectives — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.