9-letter words with F in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter F is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of F in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how F in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| beautiful | 14 | delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration | a beautiful child |
| different | 16 | differing from all others; not ordinary | advertising that strives continually to be different |
| wonderful | 16 | extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers | - |
| difficult | 18 | hard to control | a difficult child |
| boyfriend | 18 | a man who is the lover of a man or woman | if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked |
| afternoon | 12 | a conventional expression of greeting or farewell | - |
| professor | 14 | someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | - |
| breakfast | 18 | eat an early morning meal | We breakfast at seven |
| therefore | 15 | (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result | therefore X must be true |
| perfectly | 19 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | a perfectly idiotic idea |
| carefully | 17 | as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact | - |
| suffering | 16 | feelings of mental or physical pain | - |
| sacrifice | 16 | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | - |
| satisfied | 13 | allayed | - |
| confirmed | 17 | having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation | confirmed reservations |
| influence | 14 | induce into action by using one's charm | - |
| hopefully | 20 | with hope; in a hopeful manner | we searched hopefully for a good position |
| confident | 15 | persuaded of; very sure | was confident he would win |
| affection | 17 | a positive feeling of liking | he had trouble expressing the affection he felt |
| effective | 20 | exerting force or influence | the law is effective immediately |
| defendant | 14 | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused | - |
| interfere | 12 | get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force | - |
| butterfly | 17 | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down | - |
| terrified | 13 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | the terrified horse bolted |
| confusion | 14 | a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused | - |
| infection | 14 | an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | - |
| confusing | 15 | lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity | sent confusing signals to Iraq |
| defending | 15 | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring | - |
| qualified | 22 | holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | - |
| godfather | 17 | any man who serves as a sponsor for a child at baptism | - |
| reference | 14 | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability | requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
| briefcase | 16 | a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
| lifestyle | 15 | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | - |
| offensive | 18 | causing or able to cause nausea | - |
| handcuffs | 21 | - | - |
| referring | 13 | - | - |
| preferred | 15 | preferred above all others and treated with partiality | - |
| efficient | 17 | able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively | an efficient secretary |
| transform | 14 | change or alter in form, appearance, or nature | This experience transformed her completely |
| defensive | 16 | an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive') | - |
| cafeteria | 14 | a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier | - |
| waterfall | 15 | a steep descent of the water of a river | - |
| housewife | 18 | a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | - |
| leftovers | 15 | food remaining from a previous meal | he had leftovers for dinner last night |
| informant | 14 | someone who sees an event and reports what happened | - |
| justified | 20 | having words so spaced that lines have straight even margins | - |
| infirmary | 17 | a health facility where patients receive treatment | - |
| offspring | 18 | any immature animal | - |
| chauffeur | 20 | drive someone in a vehicle | - |
| affecting | 18 | arousing affect | the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene |
| afterlife | 15 | life after death | - |
| certified | 15 | holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill | - |
| stressful | 12 | extremely irritating to the nerves | the stressful days before a war |
| inflation | 12 | a general and progressive increase in prices | in inflation everything gets more valuable except money |
| crucified | 17 | - | - |
| reflected | 15 | (especially of incident sound or light) bent or sent back | reflected light |
| portfolio | 14 | a large, flat, thin case for carrying loose papers or drawings or maps; usually leather | he remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio |
| suffocate | 17 | become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | - |
| performer | 16 | an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | - |
| testified | 13 | - | - |
| hereafter | 15 | the time yet to come | - |
| informing | 15 | a speech act that conveys information | - |
| nightfall | 16 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
| jellyfish | 25 | large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | - |
| blindfold | 16 | wearing a blindfold | - |
| dragonfly | 17 | slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | - |
| dignified | 15 | having or showing self-esteem | - |
| horrified | 16 | stricken with horror | - |
| colourful | 14 | striking in variety and interest | - |
| sunflower | 15 | any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays | - |
| perfected | 17 | (of plans, ideas, etc.) perfectly formed | a graceful but not yet fully perfected literary style |
| petrified | 15 | - | - |
| defective | 18 | having a defect | I returned the appliance because it was defective |
| afterward | 16 | happening at a time subsequent to a reference time | it didn't happen until afterward |
| imperfect | 18 | wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings | - |
| painfully | 17 | in or as if in pain | she moved painfully forward |
| mainframe | 16 | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | - |
| heartfelt | 15 | sincerely earnest | heartfelt condolences |
| offending | 17 | offending against or breaking a law or rule | contracts offending against the statute were canceled |
| manifesto | 14 | a public declaration of intentions (as issued by a political party or government) | - |
| reinforce | 14 | strengthen and support with rewards | Let's reinforce good behavior |
| lifeguard | 14 | an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | - |
| comforted | 17 | made comfortable or more comfortable in a time of distress | the news make her feel comforted |
| interface | 14 | (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) | - |
| afflicted | 18 | mentally or physically unfit | - |
| plentiful | 14 | producing in abundance | a plentiful year |
| surfboard | 15 | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard | - |
| aftermath | 17 | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event) | the aftermath of war |
| shellfish | 18 | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | - |
| safeguard | 14 | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc. | an insurance policy is a good safeguard |
| refreshed | 16 | with restored energy | - |
| deceitful | 15 | intended to deceive | deceitful advertising |
| affidavit | 19 | written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before someone legally authorized to administer an oath | - |
| refueling | 13 | the activity of supplying or taking on fuel | - |
| influenza | 21 | an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease | - |
| benefited | 15 | - | - |
| mortified | 15 | made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride | felt mortified by the comparison with her sister |
| shuffling | 19 | the act of mixing cards haphazardly | - |
| profiling | 15 | recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people | - |
| chieftain | 17 | the leader of a group of people | - |
| nefarious | 12 | extremely wicked | nefarious schemes |
| sorrowful | 15 | experiencing or marked by or expressing sorrow especially that associated with irreparable loss | sorrowful widows |
| lifesaver | 15 | a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | - |
| confessor | 14 | a priest who hears confession and gives absolution | - |
| clarified | 15 | - | - |
| mayflower | 20 | low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers | - |
| infantile | 12 | indicating a lack of maturity | infantile behavior |
| mummified | 19 | - | - |
| minefield | 15 | a region in which explosives mines have been placed | - |
| snowflake | 19 | a crystal of snow | - |
| glorified | 14 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| infertile | 12 | incapable of reproducing | an infertile couple |
| craftsman | 16 | a creator of great skill in the manual arts | - |
| workforce | 21 | the force of workers available | - |
| disinfect | 15 | destroy microorganisms or pathogens by cleansing | disinfect a wound |
| bountiful | 14 | producing in abundance | the bountiful earth |
| resentful | 12 | full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will | resentful at the way he was treated |
| backfired | 21 | - | - |
| profanity | 17 | vulgar or irreverent speech or action | - |
| nightlife | 16 | the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | in the summer the nightlife shifts to the dance clubs |
| crossfire | 14 | a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions | - |
| deficient | 15 | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | - |
| cornfield | 15 | a field planted with corn | - |
| deafening | 14 | loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss | - |
| diversify | 19 | spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate | - |
| makeshift | 21 | something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency | - |
| unfounded | 14 | without a basis in reason or fact | unfounded suspicions |
| unfolding | 14 | a developmental process | - |
| uplifting | 15 | the rise of something | the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky |
| amplifier | 16 | electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it | - |
| styrofoam | 17 | a light resilient foam of polystyrene | - |
| driftwood | 17 | wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore | - |
| specified | 17 | clearly and explicitly stated | meals are at specified times |
| comforter | 16 | a person who commiserates with someone who has had misfortune | - |
| wolfhound | 19 | the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves | - |
| steadfast | 13 | firm and dependable especially in loyalty | a steadfast ally |
| confidant | 15 | someone to whom private matters are confided | - |
| olfactory | 17 | of or relating to olfaction | - |
| swordfish | 19 | large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night | - |
| uniformed | 15 | dressed in a uniform | uniformed policemen lined the President's route |
| deformity | 18 | an affliction in which some part of the body is misshapen or malformed | - |
| unselfish | 15 | disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others | - |
| surfacing | 15 | emerging to the surface and becoming apparent | - |
| profusely | 17 | in an abundant manner | he thanked her profusely |
| amplified | 17 | - | - |
| verifying | 19 | serving to support or corroborate | - |
| purifying | 18 | acting like an antiseptic | - |
| wherefore | 18 | the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' | - |
| playfully | 20 | in a playful manner | she loosened the half-hoop of diamonds on her left hand third finger and held it out to him playfully |
| underfoot | 13 | - | - |
| regretful | 13 | feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone | felt regretful over his vanished youth |
| microfilm | 18 | film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material | - |
| befitting | 15 | appropriate to | behavior befitting a father |
| willfully | 18 | in a willful manner | she had willfully deceived me |
| selfishly | 18 | in an egotistical manner | - |
| magnified | 16 | enlarged to an abnormal degree | - |
| conferred | 15 | - | - |
| lifeblood | 15 | an essential or life-giving force | water is the lifeblood of India |
| blackface | 22 | the makeup (usually burnt cork) used by a performer in order to imitate a Negro | - |
| semifinal | 14 | one of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament | - |
| townsfolk | 19 | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city | - |
| defeatist | 13 | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | - |
| deflected | 16 | - | - |
| newsflash | 18 | a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story | - |
| professed | 15 | openly declared as such | her professed love of everything about that country |
| reflector | 14 | optical telescope consisting of a large concave mirror that produces an image that is magnified by the eyepiece | - |
| masterful | 14 | having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | a masterful speaker |
| enforcing | 15 | - | - |
| overdraft | 16 | a draft in excess of the credit balance | - |
| womenfolk | 21 | - | - |
| pitchfork | 23 | lift with a pitchfork | pitchfork hay |
| intensify | 15 | become more intense | - |
| liquefied | 22 | reduced to liquid form by heating | - |
| nonprofit | 14 | an organization chartered for other than profit-making activities | - |
| refresher | 15 | a course that reviews and updates a topic for those who have not kept abreast of developments | - |
| bullfight | 18 | a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators | - |
| affiliate | 15 | keep company with; hang out with | She affiliates with her colleagues |
| rastafari | 12 | (Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music | - |
| rectifier | 14 | a person who corrects or sets right | a rectifier of prejudices |
| resurface | 14 | appear again | The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York |
| beefsteak | 18 | a beef steak usually cooked by broiling | - |
| mystified | 18 | totally perplexed and mixed up | - |
| softening | 13 | having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin | - |
| unfocused | 15 | (of an image) not being in or brought into focus | at their edges things were pretty much unfocused |
| unfeeling | 13 | devoid of feeling for others | an unfeeling wretch |
| notifying | 16 | - | - |
| tearfully | 15 | with tears; in a tearful manner | the man confessed tearfully to having beaten his wife |
| headfirst | 16 | with the head foremost | a headfirst plunge down the stairs |
| sassafras | 12 | yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America | - |
| redefined | 14 | - | - |
| affluence | 17 | abundant wealth | - |
| officiate | 17 | perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function | His wife officiated as his private secretary |
| deference | 15 | courteous regard for people's feelings | in deference to your wishes |
| unhelpful | 17 | providing no assistance | - |
| pocketful | 20 | the quantity a pocket will hold | - |
| ibuprofen | 16 | a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic | daily use of ibuprofen can irritate the stomach |
| diffusion | 16 | the act of dispersing or diffusing something | the diffusion of knowledge |
| outfitted | 13 | furnished with essential equipment for a particular occupation or undertaking occupation | a well outfitted expedition to the South Pole |
| seafaring | 13 | travel by water | - |
| threefold | 16 | by a factor of three | our rent increased threefold in the past five years |
| reshuffle | 18 | shuffling again | the gambler demanded a reshuffle |
| defecated | 16 | - | - |
| shortfall | 15 | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required | - |
| unfailing | 13 | unceasing | unfailing loyalty |
| malformed | 17 | so badly formed or out of shape as to be ugly | a limp caused by a malformed foot |
| confining | 15 | restricting the scope or freedom of action | - |
| configure | 15 | set up for a particular purpose | configure my new computer |
| gratified | 14 | having received what was desired | - |
| befuddled | 17 | confused and vague; used especially of thinking | - |
| refectory | 17 | a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery) | - |
| refurbish | 17 | make brighter and prettier | we refurbished the guest wing |
| inference | 14 | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation | - |
| magnifier | 15 | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image | - |
| deferment | 15 | act of putting off to a future time | - |
| downfield | 17 | toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field | he caught the ball and ran downfield 15 yards |
| dutifully | 16 | out of a sense of duty; in a dutiful manner | he dutifully visited his mother every Sunday |
| cockfight | 24 | a match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs | - |
| therefrom | 17 | from that circumstance or source | public interest and a policy deriving therefrom |
| unrefined | 13 | not refined or processed | unrefined ore |
| swiftness | 15 | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens | - |
| proofread | 15 | read for errors | I should proofread my manuscripts |
| reformist | 14 | favoring or promoting reform (often by government action) | - |
| inflating | 13 | - | - |
| cuneiform | 16 | shaped like a wedge | - |
| defection | 15 | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility | - |
| deflector | 15 | a device intended to turn aside the flow of something (water or air or smoke etc) | - |
| coffeepot | 19 | tall pot in which coffee is brewed | - |
| backfield | 21 | the offensive football players who line up behind the linemen | - |
| roquefort | 21 | French blue cheese | - |
| modifying | 19 | - | - |
| objectify | 26 | make external or objective, or give reality to | - |
| mineshaft | 17 | excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine | - |
| signified | 14 | the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | the signifier is linked to the signified |
| soporific | 16 | inducing mental lethargy | - |
| pitifully | 17 | to a pitiful degree | wages were pitifully low, particularly the wages of women |
| profiteer | 14 | make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods | - |
| rectified | 15 | having been put right | - |
| honorific | 17 | an expression of respect | the Japanese use many honorifics |
| jackknife | 29 | a large knife with one or more folding blades | - |
| magnifico | 17 | a person of distinguished rank or appearance | - |
| defiantly | 16 | in a rebellious manner | - |
| electrify | 17 | equip for use with electricity | electrify an appliance |
| gleefully | 16 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | the old man had greeted her gleefully |
| bullfinch | 19 | United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844) | - |
| archfiend | 18 | - | - |
| officious | 17 | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself |
| pacifying | 20 | - | - |
| wherefrom | 20 | - | - |
| skinflint | 16 | a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend | - |
| spearfish | 17 | any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | - |
| undefined | 14 | not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished | an undefined term |
| uniformly | 17 | in a uniform manner | a uniformly bright surface |
| profusion | 14 | the property of being extremely abundant | the profusion of detail |
| qualifier | 21 | a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb | - |
| infirmity | 17 | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | - |
| infringed | 14 | - | - |
| healthful | 18 | free from filth and pathogens | - |
| confiding | 16 | willing to entrust personal matters | first she was suspicious, then she became confiding |
| defeatism | 15 | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat | - |
| deflating | 14 | - | - |
| diffusing | 17 | spreading by diffusion | - |
| doorframe | 15 | the frame that supports a door | - |
| tactfully | 17 | showing tact or tactfulness; in a tactful manner | he stepped tactfully in to prevent trouble |
| transfuse | 12 | treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin | - |
| subwoofer | 17 | a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies | - |
| refinance | 14 | renew the financing of | - |
| reunified | 13 | - | - |
| downdraft | 17 | a strong downward air current | - |
| gainfully | 16 | in a gainful way | are you gainfully employed now? |
| barefaced | 17 | unrestrained by convention or propriety | a barefaced hypocrite |
| afterglow | 16 | a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset | - |
| nullified | 13 | deprived of legal force | - |
| signifier | 13 | the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | - |
| refilling | 13 | filling again by supplying what has been used up | - |
| reflexive | 22 | a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent | - |
| inflaming | 15 | arousal to violent emotion | - |
| ineffable | 17 | too sacred to be uttered | the ineffable name of the Deity |
| kerfuffle | 22 | a disorderly outburst or tumult | - |
| deflation | 13 | a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices | - |
| disfigure | 14 | mar or spoil the appearance of | The vandals disfigured the statue |
| calcified | 17 | - | - |
| carrefour | 14 | a junction where one street or road crosses another | - |
| angelfish | 16 | sharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks do | - |
| affective | 20 | characterized by emotion | - |
| wolfsbane | 17 | poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock | - |
| zinfandel | 22 | dry fruity red wine from California | - |
| vouchsafe | 20 | grant in a condescending manner | - |
| shiftless | 15 | lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy | a shiftless student |
| putrefied | 15 | - | - |
| personify | 17 | represent, as of a character on stage | - |
| impactful | 18 | - | - |
| cornflake | 18 | - | - |
| demystify | 21 | make less mysterious or remove the mystery from | let's demystify the event by explaining what it is all about |
| coltsfoot | 14 | tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall | - |
| goldfinch | 19 | American finch whose male has yellow body plumage in summer | - |
| clingfilm | 17 | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food | - |
| midwifery | 21 | the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | - |
| yellowfin | 18 | may reach 400 pounds; worldwide in tropics | - |
| snuffling | 16 | liable to sniffle | - |
| stiffness | 15 | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | - |
| preflight | 18 | - | - |
| puffiness | 17 | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | - |
| pussyfoot | 17 | to go stealthily or furtively | - |
| reconfirm | 16 | confirm again | You must reconfirm your flight reservations |
| perfumery | 19 | an establishment where perfumes are made | - |
| hydrofoil | 19 | a speedboat that is equipped with winglike structures that lift it so that it skims the water at high speeds | - |
| infuriate | 12 | make furious | - |
| handcraft | 18 | a work produced by hand labor | - |
| bucketful | 20 | the quantity contained in a bucket | - |
| shellfire | 15 | shooting artillery shells | - |
| skilfully | 19 | with skill | - |
| soulfully | 15 | in a soulful manner | he looked at her soulfully |
| snowdrift | 16 | a mass of snow heaped up by the wind | - |
| solferino | 12 | a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino | - |
| stupefied | 15 | in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock | lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow |
| undefiled | 14 | (of language) not having its purity or excellence debased | learn to speak pure English undefiled |
| pilferage | 15 | the act of stealing small amounts or small articles | - |
| perforate | 14 | having a hole cut through | a perforated eardrum |
| indemnify | 18 | make amends for; pay compensation for | - |
| inferring | 13 | - | - |
| inflected | 15 | (of the voice) altered in tone or pitch | his southern Yorkshire voice was less inflected and singing than her northern one |
| intifadah | 16 | an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000 | - |
| damselfly | 18 | slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest | - |
| eightfold | 17 | having eight units or components | - |
| gearshift | 16 | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears | in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
| basketful | 18 | the quantity contained in a basket | - |
| nullifier | 12 | an official who can invalidate or nullify | - |
| waterfowl | 18 | freshwater aquatic bird | - |
| scarified | 15 | - | - |
| sheepfold | 18 | a pen for sheep | - |
| unfledged | 15 | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers | a small unfledged sparrow on the window sill |
| vermiform | 19 | resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical | - |
| superfund | 15 | the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide; administered by the Environmental Protection Agency | - |
| lakefront | 16 | land bordering a lake | - |
| liquified | 22 | changed from a solid to a liquid state | - |
| definable | 15 | capable of being defined, limited, or explained | definable terms |
| deferring | 14 | - | - |
| diffident | 17 | lacking self-confidence | stood in the doorway diffident and abashed |
| draftsman | 15 | a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | - |
| cofounder | 15 | one of a group of founders | - |
| genuflect | 15 | bend the knees and bow in a servile manner | - |
| brushfire | 17 | - | - |
| chairlift | 17 | a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable | - |
| chaffinch | 25 | small European finch with a cheerful song | - |
| awfulness | 15 | a quality of extreme unpleasantness | - |
| aloofness | 12 | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner | - |
| affianced | 18 | - | - |
| aftercare | 14 | care and treatment of a convalescent patient | - |
| aforesaid | 13 | being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | - |
| obfuscate | 16 | make obscure or unclear | - |
| offertory | 18 | the offerings of the congregation at a religious service | - |
| outfought | 16 | - | - |
| overflown | 18 | - | - |
| zestfully | 24 | with zest | she scrubbed the floors of the new apartment zestfully |
| sevenfold | 16 | having seven units or components | - |
| snowfield | 16 | a permanent wide expanse of snow | - |
| solfeggio | 14 | a voice exercise; singing scales or runs to the same syllable | - |
| stiffener | 15 | material used for stiffening something | - |
| stonefish | 15 | venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | - |
| topflight | 18 | - | - |
| unflushed | 16 | - | - |
| unfitness | 12 | lacking the power to perform | - |
| unskilful | 16 | - | - |
| unruffled | 16 | (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves | unruffled water |
| sulfonate | 12 | a salt of sulphonic acid | - |
| sulfurous | 12 | characterized by oppressive heat and humidity | the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm |
| profaning | 15 | - | - |
| refocused | 15 | - | - |
| reflexion | 19 | a likeness in which left and right are reversed | - |
| refection | 14 | a light meal or repast | - |
| reframing | 15 | - | - |
| refutable | 14 | able to be refuted | - |
| refurnish | 15 | furnish with new or different furniture | We refurnished the living room |
| perfusing | 15 | - | - |
| ineffably | 20 | to an inexpressible degree | - |
| jackfruit | 25 | East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds | - |
| confluent | 14 | a branch that flows into the main stream | - |
| craftiest | 14 | - | - |
| cruciform | 18 | shaped like a cross | - |
| defaulter | 13 | someone who fails to meet a financial obligation | - |
| disfavour | 16 | an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | - |
| difficile | 18 | - | - |
| downshift | 19 | a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one | - |
| dumbfound | 18 | be a mystery or bewildering to | - |
| codifying | 19 | - | - |
| exfoliate | 19 | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters | - |
| exemplify | 26 | clarify by giving an example of | - |
| halfpenny | 20 | an English coin worth half a penny | - |
| bedfellow | 18 | a person with whom you share a bed | - |
| briefness | 14 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | - |
| catfishes | 17 | - | - |
| autofocus | 14 | an optical device for focussing a camera or other instrument automatically | - |
| afterword | 16 | - | - |
| misrefers | 14 | - | - |
| mitriform | 16 | - | - |
| moanfully | 17 | - | - |
| mischiefs | 19 | - | - |
| misdefine | 15 | - | - |
| mirifical | 16 | - | - |
| misinfers | 14 | - | - |
| misinform | 16 | give false or misleading information to | - |
| misfaiths | 17 | - | - |
| misfallen | 14 | - | - |
| misfaring | 15 | - | - |
| misfeasor | 14 | - | - |
| misfeigns | 15 | - | - |
| misfields | 15 | - | - |
| misfiling | 15 | - | - |
| misfiring | 15 | - | - |
| misgrafts | 15 | - | - |
| misfitted | 15 | - | - |
| misformed | 17 | - | - |
| misframed | 17 | - | - |
| misframes | 16 | - | - |
| moonfaced | 17 | - | - |
| moonfaces | 16 | - | - |
| moorfowls | 17 | - | - |
| moonroofs | 14 | - | - |
| mortifier | 14 | - | - |
| mortifies | 14 | - | - |
| moskonfyt | 21 | - | - |
| mortsafes | 14 | - | - |
| mollifier | 14 | - | - |
| mollifies | 14 | - | - |
| mollified | 15 | - | - |
| molestful | 14 | - | - |
| modifiers | 15 | - | - |
| moffettes | 17 | - | - |
| mofussils | 14 | - | - |
| monofuels | 14 | - | - |
| musefully | 17 | - | - |
| mundifies | 15 | - | - |
| munifying | 18 | - | - |
| mundified | 16 | - | - |
| mummifies | 18 | - | - |
| mummiform | 20 | - | - |
| myofibril | 19 | one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | - |
| mycoflora | 19 | - | - |
| mouthfeel | 17 | - | - |
| mouthfuls | 17 | - | - |
| moufflons | 17 | - | - |
| motoscafo | 16 | - | - |
| motoscafi | 16 | - | - |
| multifils | 14 | - | - |
| multifoil | 14 | - | - |
| multifold | 15 | - | - |
| multiform | 16 | occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances | the multiform universe of nature and man |
| muffineer | 17 | - | - |
| mufflered | 18 | - | - |
| mudfishes | 18 | - | - |
| needfires | 13 | - | - |
| needfully | 16 | in an essential manner | - |
| needleful | 13 | - | - |
| nefandous | 13 | - | - |
| newfangle | 16 | - | - |
| nancified | 15 | - | - |
| mystifier | 17 | a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution | - |
| mystifies | 17 | - | - |
| nailfiles | 12 | - | - |
| nailfolds | 13 | - | - |
| nazifying | 25 | - | - |
| neckbeefs | 20 | - | - |
| nonfactor | 14 | - | - |
| nonfading | 14 | - | - |
| nonfamily | 17 | - | - |
| nonfarmer | 14 | - | - |
| nonfeudal | 13 | - | - |
| nonfilial | 12 | - | - |
| nonfinite | 12 | (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive) | - |
| nonfiscal | 14 | - | - |
| nonfluids | 13 | - | - |
| nonflying | 16 | - | - |
| nongolfer | 13 | - | - |
| nonformal | 14 | - | - |
| nonfossil | 12 | - | - |
| nonfrozen | 21 | - | - |
| nonfunded | 14 | - | - |
| nievefuls | 15 | - | - |
| niffering | 16 | - | - |
| niffnaffs | 21 | - | - |
| niftiness | 12 | - | - |
| nidifying | 17 | - | - |
| nightfire | 16 | - | - |
| nitrified | 13 | - | - |
| nitrifier | 12 | - | - |
| nitrifies | 12 | - | - |
| nigrifies | 13 | - | - |
| nigrified | 14 | - | - |
| oarfishes | 15 | - | - |
| nullifies | 12 | - | - |
| notifiers | 12 | - | - |
| ooftishes | 15 | - | - |
| opacified | 17 | - | - |
| opacifier | 16 | - | - |
| opacifies | 16 | - | - |
| omnifying | 18 | - | - |
| opificers | 16 | - | - |
| odiferous | 13 | - | - |
| oilfields | 13 | - | - |
| olfacting | 15 | - | - |
