9-letter words containing a, f, s
- flag stop — a bus stop at which a bus only stops if there is someone waiting or if someone wants to get off the bus
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flagstaff — flagpole.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flakiness — of or like flakes.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flameless — That does not emit flames.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flamsteed — John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- flapjacks — Plural form of flapjack; pancakes.
- flash gun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- flash rom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash set — undesirably rapid setting of cement in concrete
- flash-fry — to fry something very quickly by placing it in a pan on a very high heat
- flashback — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flashbang — Alternative form of flash-bang.
- flashbulb — a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject.
- flashcard — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.
- flashguns — Plural form of flashgun.
- flashiest — Superlative form of flash.
- flashlamp — an electric lamp, usually containing xenon or another noble gas, used to produce a brief flash or pulsed flashes of intense light, such as that used in a camera flash
- flashness — Quality of being flash.
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- flashtube — electronic flash.
- flat sour — fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flatboats — Plural form of flatboat.
- flatfoots — Plural form of flatfoot.
- flatheads — Plural form of flathead.
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flatlands — A terrain that varies little in elevation.
- flatlines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatline.
- flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
- flatmates — Plural form of flatmate.
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- flatstick — with great speed or effort
- flatter's — a person or thing that makes something flat.
- flatwares — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flatwoods — a woodland in a low-lying region having little drainage.