Nouns Ending in E and Containing FE

This list gathers 315 English nouns ending in E and containing FE, such as Life, Difference, Wife, Defense, Safe, Reference and Feature. 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
9 words
afterlife
alewife
audioconference
aminotransferase
agraffe
antifebrile
antiinfective
antifermentative
affenspalte
Starts with B
8 words
butterknife
birdlife
breadknife
biodefense
banoffee
bouffe
broadwife
buffe
Starts with C
24 words
coffee
conference
cafe
caffeine
confederate
circumference
chafe
coffeehouse
counteroffensive
carafe
coffeecake
cyberdefense
cybercafe
chifferobe
cafetiere
coreference
conferee
covfefe
coiffeuse
countertransference
coffeetime
cruciferae
childwife
chauffeuse
Starts with D
11 words
difference
defense
defensive
defective
deference
dereference
drawknife
defeasance
dexfenfluramine
defervescence
defensative
Starts with E
8 words
effective
effervescence
etouffee
elfwife
estafette
efference
etoffe
ethoxycaffeine
Starts with F
24 words
feature
female
fee
fence
feminine
feline
forfeiture
femme
fete
fife
fettuccine
featurette
failsafe
femicide
ferrite
federate
fettle
fenceline
ferrule
feticide
fescue
farmwife
folklife
firesafe
Starts with G
5 words
giraffe
gaffe
goodwife
geofence
griffe
Starts with H
3 words
housewife
highlife
hydroferrocyanate
Starts with I
6 words
interference
indifference
inference
imperfective
inferiae
inferobranchiate
Starts with J
2 words
jefe
jackknife
Starts with K
2 words
knife
kalewife
Starts with L
9 words
life
lifestyle
lifetime
lifecycle
lifeline
lowlife
luciferase
loosestrife
lifecare
Starts with M
12 words
midwife
midlife
mifepristone
malfeasance
misfeasance
millefeuille
mortsafe
misfeature
misreference
metafemale
mofette
muffettee
Starts with N
8 words
nightlife
noninterference
nifedipine
nonlife
nonfeasance
noneffective
nonforfeiture
nife
Starts with O
6 words
offense
offensive
offeree
orfe
oldwife
overinterference
Starts with P
14 words
preference
prefecture
pocketknife
pouffe
penknife
pilferage
professoriate
perfective
pondlife
paperknife
professorate
prelife
piaffe
pennyfee
Starts with Q
1 words
quarterlife
Starts with R
10 words
reference
referee
recife
ringfence
raloxifene
rechauffe
ruffe
refective
retrotransference
rufescence
Starts with S
24 words
safe
strife
safehouse
strafe
sufferance
solfege
subprefecture
schizoaffective
superwife
superfemale
scaife
saltwife
suffete
semicircumference
subreference
spaewife
sweetiewife
seawife
shopwife
subprofessoriate
superindifference
sousewife
schefferite
schonfelsite
Starts with T
12 words
toffee
transference
teleconference
transferee
transfeminine
thuglife
tartuffe
transferase
technoference
tefe
teleferique
transferware
Starts with U
2 words
unconference
underlife
Starts with V
2 words
videoconference
vociferance
Starts with W
4 words
wife
wildlife
wulfenite
wastrife

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