9-letter words containing e, c, l
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- fallacies — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- falseface — a mask
- fanciable — Sexually attractive.
- fanciless — Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.
- farcelike — Resembling or characteristic of farce.
- fascicled — Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster.
- fascicles — Plural form of fascicle.
- fascicule — a fascicle, especially of a book.
- febricula — a slight and short fever, especially when of obscure causation.
- feculence — full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
- feculency — an impurity
- felicific — causing or tending to cause happiness.
- feliciter — happily; successfully
- femtocell — A very small mobile phone base station that is connected to the phone network via the Internet, typically used in areas where the mobile signal is weak and considered to be smaller than a picocell.
- fenceless — Without a fence; unfenced.
- fencelike — Resembling a fence (artificial barrier) or some aspect of one.
- fernticle — (obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
- fetlocked — having a fetlock or fetlocks
- fictively — In a fictive manner.
- fieldmice — nocturnal mice
- filaceous — composed of threads
- file card — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filicides — Plural form of filicide.
- film crew — a group of people who are involved in the practical and technical business of shooting a film
- fire clay — a refractory clay used for making crucibles, firebricks, etc.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- flagrance — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- 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.
- flat race — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- flechette — Military. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.
- fleckless — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- fleet car — A car that is bought as one of a number owned and operated by a particular company, e.g. as company cars
- flenching — Present participle of flench.
- fletchers — Plural form of fletcher.
- fletching — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- flex-cash — flexdollars.