9-letter words containing a, l
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- flavanols — Plural form of flavanol.
- flavanone — a chemical compound, C15H12O2, derived from flavone
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavonols — Plural form of flavonol.
- flavorful — full of flavor; tasty.
- 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.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flavourer — One who or that which flavours.
- 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.
- flaxseeds — Plural form of flaxseed.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- fleet car — A car that is bought as one of a number owned and operated by a particular company, e.g. as company cars
- flevoland — a province of the central Netherlands, created in 1986 on land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer (formerly the Zuiderzee); entirely below sea level. Capital: Lelystad. Pop: 352 000 (2003 est). Area: 1420 sq km (548 sq miles)
- flex-cash — flexdollars.
- flexatone — A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
- 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.
- float off — to offer (shares in a subsidiary company) for sale on the stock market separately from the main company
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floccular — of or relating to the flocculus of the cerebellum
- floggable — that ought to be flogged; deserving of flogging
- floodgate — Civil Engineering. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.
- floodlamp — Floodlight.
- floodmark — A mark indicating the height reached by the waters in a previous flood.
- floodwall — A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood.
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorhead — the upper side of a floor timber on a boat or ship
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- 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.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flotation — an act or state of floating.
- flotillas — Plural form of flotilla.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowerage — the process or state of flowering.
- fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluffhead — (pejorative) A silly or vacuous person; an airhead.