9-letter words containing a, l, i, u
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- fistulate — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fuel rail — A fuel rail is high pressure tubing which takes fuel to the injectors in an internal combustion engine.
- full sail — all the sails of a vessel: All three ships had full sail set.
- fulminant — occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
- fulminate — to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fungoidal — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus or fungi; resembling a fungus or fungi; fungoid
- funicular — of or relating to a rope or cord, or its tension.
- furnivall — Frederick James, 1825–1910, English philologist and editor.
- fusillade — a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
- gainfully — In a gainful manner; profitably.
- gallienus — (Publius Licinius Egnatius) died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).
- gallinule — any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes.
- garrulity — the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity.
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- gauzelike — Like or resembling gauze.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- gladiolus — any plant of the genus Gladiolus, of the iris family, native especially to Africa, having erect, sword-shaped leaves and spikes of flowers in a variety of colors.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- glutinant — a nematocyst that discharges a thread covered with a sticky secretion.
- granulite — a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guayaquil — a seaport in W Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guildhall — (in Britain) the hall built or used by a guild or corporation for its assemblies; town hall.
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- guillaume — Charles Édouard [French sharl ey-dwar] /French ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, Swiss physicist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- hair bulb — the end of a hair follicle containing active hair-growing cells; situated under the skin
- halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.
- halituous — (obsolete) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- harlequin — (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.