Words ending with ief
4 letter words ending with ief
5 letter words ending with ief
- alief — (philosophy, psychology) A primitive, subconscious belieflike attitude which may contradict one's conscious beliefs.
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- grief — keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
6 letter words ending with ief
- belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
- relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
- beyond belief — You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree.
- comic relief — a comic interlude, or comic element, in a tragedy
- contrary to popular belief — You use contrary to popular belief to introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people.
7 letter words ending with ief
- debrief — When someone such as a soldier, diplomat, or astronaut is debriefed, they are asked to give a report on an operation or task that they have just completed.
8 letter words ending with ief
- kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- mischief — conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- subchief — a chief below the main chief
- unbelief — the state or quality of not believing; incredulity or skepticism, especially in matters of doctrine or religious faith.
9 letter words ending with ief
10 letter words ending with ief
- bas-relief — Bas-relief is a technique of sculpture in which shapes are carved so that they stand out from the background.
- demirelief — mezzo-relievo.
- forebelief — A previous belief.
- horsethief — Alternative spelling of horse thief.
- out-relief — public relief administered to people residing in a poorhouse or similar institution.
11 letter words ending with ief
- infangthief — (in Old English law) the right of a lord of the manor to have jurisdiction over a thief caught within the bounds of his property
- microrelief — surface features of the earth of small dimensions, commonly less than 50 feet (15 meters).
- neckerchief — a cloth or scarf worn round the neck.
- self-belief — Self-belief is confidence in your own abilities or judgment.
12 letter words ending with ief
- handkerchief — a small piece of linen, silk, or other fabric, usually square, and used especially for wiping one's nose, eyes, face, etc., or for decorative purposes.
- headkerchief — A kerchief worn on the head.
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- drop the handkerchief — a children's game in which all the players but one stand in a circle facing inward, while that one player stealthily drops a handkerchief behind a player in the circle who must pursue and attempt to catch the one who dropped the handkerchief before the latter reaches the vacated place.
- paper handkerchief — a handkerchief made from tissue paper
15 letter words ending with ief
- tenant-in-chief — a feudal vassal who holds land directly from the king.
16 letter words ending with ief
- examine-in-chief — to examine (one's own witness) in attempting to adduce a case
18 letter words ending with ief
- commander-in-chief — A commander-in-chief is a senior officer who is in charge of all the forces in a particular area.
19 letter words ending with ief
- pocket-handkerchief — handkerchief (def 1).
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