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9-letter words containing f, a, i, l

  • 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.
  • mcauliffe — Anthony Clement, 1898–1975, U.S. Army general.
  • mean life — the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15
  • mirifical — (rare) miraculous, wonderful.
  • misbefall — (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
  • modafinil — A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C15H15NO2S.
  • nafcillin — A beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.
  • nail file — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
  • nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
  • nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
  • nonfilial — not involving a parent-child relationship
  • nonfiscal — not involving government funds
  • o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
  • officials — Plural form of official.
  • officinal — kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Compare magistral (def 1).
  • olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
  • olfaction — the act of smelling.
  • olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
  • orificial — (medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body.
  • oriflamme — the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
  • ovaliform — Shaped like an egg; having a figure such that any section in the direction of the shorter diameter will be circular, and any in the direction of the longer diameter will be oval.
  • pacifical — having an appeasing nature
  • painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
  • palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
  • pass-fail — a system of grading in some educational institutions in which a student simply passes or fails instead of receiving a letter or numerical grade.
  • past life — previous incarnation
  • pea rifle — a small rifle
  • pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
  • pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
  • plaintful — complaining or lamenting
  • plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
  • plan file — (operating system)   On Unix systems that support finger, the ".plan" file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also Hacking X for Y. A later innovation in plan files was the introduction of "scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the finger command will (for security reasons; see letterbomb) not pass the escape character. Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest running, funniest, and most original animations. A compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them. Typical animation components include: See also twirling baton.
  • planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
  • platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
  • play fair — games: be sporting
  • playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
  • poliakoff — Stephen. born 1952, British playwright and film director; work includes the stage plays Breaking the Silence (1984) and Blinded by the Sun (1996) and the television serials The Lost Prince (2003), Friends and Crocodiles (2005), and Dancing on the Edge (2013)
  • postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
  • praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
  • prefacial — located anterior to the face
  • profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
  • qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
  • qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
  • qualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify.
  • radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
  • rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
  • ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
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