9-letter words containing d, i, f, l
- inflammed — Misspelling of inflamed.
- inflected — to modulate (the voice).
- inflicted — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- infolding — invagination.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- jellified — Simple past tense and past participle of jellify.
- key field — (database) A field of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a record (a table entry). The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key".
- killfiled — Simple past tense and past participle of killfile.
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- lapidific — involved in or relating to the process of changing into stone
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- left-laid — noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a left-handed, or counterclockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to right-laid).
- leftfield — From out of left field; off-the-wall.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lichfield — a town in SE Staffordshire, in central England, N of Birmingham: birthplace of Samuel Johnson.
- lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- lifeworld — All the immediate experiences, activities, and contacts that make up the world of an individual or corporate life.
- lignified — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- lim fjord — a fjord in N Denmark running E from the North Sea to the Kattegat. About 110 miles (175 km) long.
- line feed — (character) (LF, control-J, ASCII 10) The ASCII character meaning move the cursor down to the same column on the next line. Originally this would have been done by "feeding" paper through the printer.
- linenfold — an ornamental motif resembling folded linen, carved on paneling.
- lion food — (humour) (IBM) Middle management or HQ staff, or, by extension, administrative drones in general. The term derives from an old joke: Two lions escape from the zoo and split up to increase their chances. When they finally meet after two months, one is skinny and the other overweight. The thin one says, "How did you manage? I ate a human just once and they turned out a small army to chase me with guns and nets, it was terrible. Since then I've been reduced to eating mice, insects, even grass." The fat one replies: "Well, *I* hid near an IBM office and ate a manager every day. Nobody even noticed!"
- liquefied — Alternative spelling of liquified.
- liquified — Converted into a liquid state.
- lithified — Simple past tense and past participle of lithify.
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- mala fide — in bad faith; not genuine.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- midflight — Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
- mindfully — attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- minefield — an area of land or water throughout which explosive mines have been laid.
- misfolded — Simple past tense and past participle of misfold.
- modafinil — A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C15H15NO2S.
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- mollified — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- multifold — numerous and varied; greatly diverse; manifold.
- non-fluid — a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- nullified — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- off-glide — a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound. Compare on-glide.
- oil field — an area in which there are large deposits of oil.
- oil-fired — Oil-fired heating systems and power stations use oil as a fuel.
- oilfields — Plural form of oilfield.
- old field — land no longer under cultivation because the fertility of the soil has been exhausted.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- prefilled — filled in advance