9-letter words containing e, l, p
- 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.
- feldspars — Plural form of feldspar.
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- felipe vi — born 1968, king of Spain from 2014; succeeded his father Juan Carlos, who abdicated
- fell pony — a British breed of large and heavy ponies, found in the hills of N England
- field pea — a variety of the common pea, Pisum sativum arvense, grown for forage and silage.
- file type — (file format) The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
- fillipeen — philopena.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire-plow — a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flappable — easily upset or confused, especially under stress.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip side — the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- flopperoo — flop (def 11).
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- foul pole — either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.
- fouled up — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- fuel pump — device delivering fuel from tank to engine
- full-page — A full-page advertisement, picture, or article in a newspaper or magazine uses a whole page.
- galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
- gallopade — galop.
- gallopers — Plural form of galloper.
- galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
- galumpher — a person or animal that leaps or moves heavily or clumsily
- game plan — a carefully thought-out strategy or course of action, as in politics, business, or one's personal affairs.
- gantelope — gauntlet2 .
- gas pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- gas-pedal — Automotive. gas (def 5b).
- gene pool — the total genetic information in the gametes of all the individuals in a population.