9-letter words containing a, l, i
- flagellin — the structural protein of bacterial flagella
- flagitate — to importune (someone), to demand of or entreat (someone) with passion and earnestness
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- 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.
- flakelike — Resembling or characteristic of a flake.
- flakiness — of or like flakes.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flamelike — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
- 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.
- flan ring — See under flan (def 2).
- flaringly — In a flaring manner.
- flashiest — Superlative form of flash.
- flat file — (operating system, storage) A single file containing flat ASCII representing or encoding some structure, e.g. a database, tree or network. Flat files can be processed with general purpose tools such as Perl and text editors but are less efficient than binary files if they must be parsed repeatedly by a program. Flat files are more portable between different operating systems and application programs than binary files, and are more easily transmitted in electronic mail. See also flatten, sharchive.
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat tire — a pneumatic tire that has lost all or most of its air through leakage, puncture, or the like.
- flat-file — noting or pertaining to a database system in which each database consists of a single file not linked to any other file.
- flat-knit — (of a fabric) made by flat knitting.
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flatlined — Simple past tense and past participle of flatline.
- flatliner — (rare) A patient with no heartbeat.
- flatlines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatline.
- flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
- flatstick — with great speed or effort
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flax lily — a large New Zealand plant, Phormium tenax, of the agave family, having showy, red-margined, leathery leaves and dull-red flowers, grown as an ornamental and for the fiber-yielding leaves.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flickable — able to be flicked
- flimflams — Plural form of flimflam.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- flirtable — ready or willing to flirt.
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.