9-letter words containing e, l, f, i
- flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
- focalized — Simple past tense and past participle of focalize.
- focalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focalize.
- foilborne — (of a vessel) moving on the water on hydrofoils, with the hull out of the water.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foliolate — pertaining to or consisting of leaflets (often used in combination, as bifoliolate).
- foliolose — with leaves composed of folioles
- folketing — the unicameral parliament of Denmark.
- follicles — Plural form of follicle.
- food mile — a unit used to measure the distance that a food product travels from where it is produced to where it is sold or consumed
- fool file — (jargon) A term found on Usenet for a notional repository of all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of sig blocks consists of the header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- foot line — Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulize — formulate.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.
- fowl mite — any of various mites parasitic in birds, usually bloodsucking and including the red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), both pests of poultry
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- frailties — Plural form of frailty.
- frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
- freckling — Present participle of freckle.
- free list — a list or register of articles that may be brought into a country duty-free.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free will — free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will.
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- frenzical — (obsolete) frantic.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frikkadel — A traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frizzlier — Comparative form of frizzly.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from life — from a living model
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- fuel rail — A fuel rail is high pressure tubing which takes fuel to the injectors in an internal combustion engine.