9-letter words containing fe
- infestant — a parasite
- infesting — Present participle of infest.
- infestive — Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
- jackknife — a large pocketknife.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- jefferies — Richard. 1848–87, British writer and naturalist, noted for his observation of English country life: his books include Bevis (1882) and collections of essays such as The Open Air (1885)
- jefferson — Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
- job offer — an offer of employment
- karlfeldt — Erik Axel [ey-rik ahk-suh l] /ˈeɪ rɪk ˈɑk səl/ (Show IPA), 1864–1931, Swedish poet: Nobel Prize posthumously 1931.
- knife box — a box, often ornamental and sometimes closed with a lid, for containing table knives.
- knifeless — without a knife
- knifelike — Resembling a knife or its effects.
- kniferest — something upon which to rest a knife when it is not being used.
- lace-fern — a small, tufted fern, Cheilanthes gracillima, having dark-brown stalks and fronds about 4 inches (10.2 cm) long.
- lady fern — a fern, Athyrium filix-femina, having delicate, feathery fronds.
- lagerfeld — Karl (Otto). born 1938, German fashion designer working mainly in Paris
- laticifer — a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- life belt — a beltlike life preserver.
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- life list — a list of species sighted and identified by a bird watcher or naturalist over a lifetime.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- life peer — a peer whose title ceases at death; nonhereditary peer.
- life raft — a raft, often inflatable, for use in emergencies, as when a ship must be abandoned or when a plane is downed at sea.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- life vest — life jacket.
- life zone — a geographic region characterized by a distinct set of animals and plants.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- life-care — designed to provide for the basic needs of elderly residents, usually in return for an initial fee and monthly service payments: a life-care facility; life-care communities.
- life-size — of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original: a life-size statue.
- lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lifecycle — Alternative spelling of life cycle.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.
- lifelines — Plural form of lifeline.
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lifestyle — the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
- lifetimes — Plural form of lifetime.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- line feed — (character) (LF, control-J, ASCII 10) The ASCII character meaning move the cursor down to the same column on the next line. Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper through the printer.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- long-life — Long-life light bulbs and batteries are manufactured so that they last longer than ordinary ones. Long-life fruit juice and milk have been specially treated so that they last a long time.
- love life — amorous or sexual relations.
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- luftwaffe — air force.
- male fern — a bright-green fern, Dryopteris filix-mas, of Europe and northeastern North America.