Nouns Ending in E and Containing EF

This list gathers 100 English nouns ending in E and containing EF, such as Defense, Reference, Effective, Refuse, Preference, Defensive and Refugee. Use the sorting controls below to organize entries by length, or consult our noun grammar guide to review pluralization and capitalization rules.

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Starts with A
1 words
antiputrefactive
Starts with B
9 words
briefcase
beneficence
benefice
beefcake
biodefense
birefringence
balefire
benefactive
beforetime
Starts with C
11 words
ceasefire
cyberdefense
ceftriaxone
coreference
cefuroxime
covfefe
ceftazidime
cefotaxime
chantefable
cefoperazone
chiefage
Starts with D
15 words
defense
defensive
definite
definitive
defiance
defective
deference
defile
dereference
defilade
definitude
defeasance
defervescence
defensative
deflexure
Starts with E
7 words
effective
effervescence
effulgence
efflorescence
effluence
effleurage
efference
Starts with F
4 words
falseface
foefie
foreface
fefnicute
Starts with I
1 words
indefinite
Starts with J
1 words
jefe
Starts with M
5 words
mefloquine
maleficence
millefeuille
misreference
malefice
Starts with N
1 words
noneffective
Starts with P
8 words
preference
preface
prefecture
paleface
prefire
prefade
preformative
prefixture
Starts with R
19 words
reference
refuse
refugee
refuge
referee
refinance
reframe
reflexive
refillable
reflectance
refreeze
refire
refulgence
refracture
reformate
refrigerative
refluence
refringence
refective
Starts with S
9 words
strikeforce
subprefecture
shoreface
spaceframe
subreference
stupefactive
serrefile
shameface
schefferite
Starts with T
5 words
timeframe
typeface
telefacsimile
tefe
teleferique
Starts with W
4 words
wherefore
wireframe
whiteface
weftage

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