9-letter words containing a, f, l
- claviform — clavate
- claw foot — a foot with claws.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.
- club sofa — a heavily upholstered sofa having solid sides and a low back.
- clubfaces — Plural form of clubface.
- coal fire — a mass of burning coal used esp in a hearth to heat a room
- coalfaces — Plural form of coalface.
- coalfield — A coalfield is a region where there is coal under the ground.
- code flag — a flag forming part of a signal code.
- colorfast — A fabric that is colorfast has a color that will not get paler when the fabric is washed or worn.
- conferral — a conferring of an honor, degree, or favor; bestowal
- conflated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflate.
- conflates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conflate.
- conformal — (of a transformation) preserving the angles of the depicted surface
- cornflake — Cornflakes are small flat pieces of maize that are eaten with milk as a breakfast cereal. They are popular in Britain and the United States.
- cowlstaff — a staff or pole used by two people to carry a vessel, sometimes used as a weapon
- craftless — without craft or cunning
- cram-full — stuffed full
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- crossfall — the camber of a road
- cup final — the final of any cup competition
- daffodils — Plural form of daffodil.
- damn fool — Damn fool means 'very stupid'.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- data file — a file containing data that is used by a computer program
- data flow — (architecture) A data flow architecture or language performs a computation when all the operands are available. Data flow is one kind of data driven architecture, the other is demand driven. It is a technique for specifying fine-grain concurrency, usually in the form of two-dimensional graphs in which instructions that are available for concurrent execution are written alongside each other while those that must be executed in sequence are written one under the other. Data dependencies between instructions are indicated by directed arcs. Instructions do not reference memory since the data dependence arcs allow data to be transmitted directly from the producing instruction to the consuming one. Data flow schemes differ chiefly in the way that they handle re-entrant code. Static schemes disallow it, dynamic schemes use either "code copying" or "tagging" at every point of reentry. An example of a data flow architecture is MIT's VAL machine.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- dead lift — a direct lifting without any mechanical assistance, as of a dead weight
- deadfalls — Plural form of deadfall.
- deafblind — unable to hear or see
- debateful — quarrelsome
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- deferable — capable of being deferred or postponed: a deferrable project.
- deferrals — Plural form of deferral.
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- defiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of defilade.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- definable — Something that is definable can be described or identified.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- deflating — to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon): They deflated the tires slightly to allow the truck to drive under the overpass.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- deflators — Plural form of deflator.
- defleaing — Present participle of deflea.
- deflorate — (of a plant) having lost its flowers