9-letter words containing a, f, l
- defoliant — A defoliant is a chemical used on trees and plants to make all their leaves fall off. Defoliants are especially used in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- defoliate — To defoliate an area or the plants in it means to cause the leaves on the plants to fall off or be destroyed. This is done especially in war to remove protection from an enemy.
- delftware — glazed earthenware, usually blue and white, which originated in Delft
- diabolify — (transitive) To ascribe diabolical qualities to; to change into, or represent as, a devil.
- difflugia — a genus of ameboid protozoans that construct a shell of cemented sand grains.
- dip fault — a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks (i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks)
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- dock leaf — the typically broad leaf of any of various temperate weedy plants of the polygonaceous genus Rumex, having greenish or reddish flowers
- downfalls — Plural form of downfall.
- draftable — Capable of being drafted.
- drag lift — a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
- draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfling — A diminutive dwarf.
- earthfall — a fall of earth or a landslide
- easefully — In an easeful way.
- ecofallow — a method of farming that diminishes weeds and conserves water by rotating crops and reducing or eliminating tillage.
- edificial — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- effectual — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
- effluvial — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- end float — End float is the amount by which a shaft can move lengthwise.
- enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
- enflurane — A volatile organic liquid used as a general anesthetic.
- epifaunal — relating to epifauna
- equifinal — That have the same outcome, end or result.
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- fabulator — a person who fabulates, a story-teller
- fabulists — Plural form of fabulist.
- face-lift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- facialist — a person who has special training in administering facials and other skin treatments for the face.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factional — of a faction or factions.
- factoidal — of or resembling a factoid; (of a piece of writing) comprising facts and factoids
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- factually — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.