9-letter words starting with f
- ferdinand — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferhoodle — to confuse or mix up: Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.
- fermanagh — a county in SW Northern Ireland. 653 sq. mi. (1691 sq. km). County seat: Enniskillen.
- fermented — Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- fermenter — A container in which fermentation takes place.
- fermentor — The vessel in which fermentation takes place.
- fermionic — (physics) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fermions.
- fern seed — the spores of ferns, formerly supposed to have the power to make persons invisible.
- fernandel — real name Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin. 1903–71, French comic film actor
- fernandez — Juan [hwahn,, wahn;; Spanish hwahn] /ʰwɑn,, wɑn;; Spanish ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), 1536?–1602? Spanish navigator: explorer in South America and the Pacific.
- fernbrake — a thicket or dense growth of ferns.
- fernticle — (obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- ferreting — a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferriages — Plural form of ferriage.
- ferrocene — Also called dicyclopentadienyliron. an orange, crystalline, water-insoluble coordination compound, (C 5 H 5) 2 Fe, having a camphorlike odor: used chiefly as an antiknock agent for gasoline and as a catalyst. Compare metallocene.
- ferrogram — a slide prepared to illustrate the suspended iron particles in the lubricant of a machine
- ferrotype — to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin)
- ferruling — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- ferryboat — a boat used to transport passengers, vehicles, etc., across a river or the like.
- fertigate — to fertilize and irrigate at the same time, by adding fertilizers to the water supply
- fertilely — In a fertile manner.
- fertilise — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- fertility — the state or quality of being fertile.
- fertilize — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- fervently — having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
- fervidity — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervorous — With fervour; fervent.
- fessenden — William Pitt, 1806–69, U.S. statesman.
- festering — Present participle of fester.
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- festinant — (medicine) Exhibiting festination; having shortened stride and quickened gait.
- festinate — hurried.
- festivals — Plural form of festival.
- festively — pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- festivity — a festive celebration or occasion.
- festooned — a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- festucine — (obsolete) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- fetchings — Plural form of fetching.
- fetichism — belief in or use of fetishes.
- fetichist — Archaic form of fetishist.
- feticides — Plural form of feticide.
- fetidness — The quality of being fetid.
- fetishise — to make a fetish of.
- fetishism — belief in or use of fetishes.
- fetishist — belief in or use of fetishes.
- fetishize — to make a fetish of.
- fetlocked — having a fetlock or fetlocks
- fetoscope — a tubular fiberoptic instrument used for diagnostic examination of the fetus and interior of the uterus.
- fetoscopy — examination by means of a fetoscope.