Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 214 compound words that contain fer. The most common are listed below. Open fer in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- chemin de ferA card game, a variation of baccarat.
- chapel de ferA kettle hat, a type of helmet.
- fer instancePronunciation spelling of for instance (“example”).
- martel de ferA weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.
- prise de ferAn engagement of the blades that attempts to control the opponent's weapon.
- o-ferAlternative spelling of oh for: A game or time period in which a player did not manage to sustain a particular attainment.
- fer-de-lanceBothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
- fer-de-molineSynonym of millrind: An iron support, usually four-armed or cross-shaped, for the turning ("runner") stone in a pair of millstones.
- chapels de ferplural of chapel de fer: A kettle hat, a type of helmet.
- go-ferAlternative form of gofer: A worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
- fer instancesplural of fer instance: Pronunciation spelling of for instance (“example”).
- attack au ferAn attack on the opponent's blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure
- attacks au ferplural of attack au fer: An attack on the opponent's blade, e.g. beat, expulsion, pressure
- sentiment du ferThe ability to feel along the length of a fencing sword through holding only the weapon's grip, a quality of an experienced fencer.
- prises de ferplural of prise de fer: An engagement of the blades that attempts to control the opponent's weapon.
- fer-de-lancesplural of fer-de-lance: Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
- martels de ferplural of martel de fer: A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed, used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armour.
- Kag-Fer-Jiir-Koor-Ror-Us-ZuksunA Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
- main de ferAlternative form of manifer (“gauntlet for jousting”).
Compound words 214
- goferA worker who runs errands; an errand boy.
- labretiferyThe practice of wearing a labret.
- laticifera type of elongated secretory cell found in the leaves and/or stems of plants that produce latex and rubber as secondary metabolites.
- aquaferAlternative form of aquifer: An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
- cheliferpseudoscorpion
- glebiferA cup-shaped organ that supports the gleba in some fungi
- palpiferAlternative form of palpiger: The part of the labium that bears the pedipalps in insects.
- piliferA bristly structure forming part of a hearing organ on the heads of hawkmoths of the subtribe Choerocampina, used in detecting the echolocation sounds of insectivorous bats.
- pygoferThe last segment of the abdomen of some insects
- resiliferA recess or a process for the attachment of the resilium.