9-letter words containing f, a, i, l
- fire clay — a refractory clay used for making crucibles, firebricks, etc.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire sale — a special sale of merchandise actually or supposedly damaged by fire.
- fire wall — a fireproof wall to prevent the spread of fire, as from one room or compartment to the next
- fireballs — Plural form of fireball.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- fireplace — the part of a chimney that opens into a room and in which fuel is burned; hearth.
- firewalls — Plural form of firewall.
- fiscalist — someone who believes that fiscal policy is of paramount importance in economic regulation
- fiscality — Fiscal policy or considerations.
- fish ball — a fried ball (or patty) of minced fish, often mixed with mashed potatoes
- fish meal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fish tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fish-tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fishtails — Plural form of fishtail.
- fissional — Of or pertaining to fission.
- fistulate — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flaccidly — In a flaccid manner.
- flagellin — the structural protein of bacterial flagella
- flagitate — to importune (someone), to demand of or entreat (someone) with passion and earnestness
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flakelike — Resembling or characteristic of a flake.
- flakiness — of or like flakes.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flamelike — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flan ring — See under flan (def 2).
- flaringly — In a flaring manner.
- flashiest — Superlative form of flash.
- flat file — (operating system, storage) A single file containing flat ASCII representing or encoding some structure, e.g. a database, tree or network. Flat files can be processed with general purpose tools such as Perl and text editors but are less efficient than binary files if they must be parsed repeatedly by a program. Flat files are more portable between different operating systems and application programs than binary files, and are more easily transmitted in electronic mail. See also flatten, sharchive.
- flat spin — an aircraft spin in which the longitudinal axis is more nearly horizontal than vertical
- flat tire — a pneumatic tire that has lost all or most of its air through leakage, puncture, or the like.
- flat-file — noting or pertaining to a database system in which each database consists of a single file not linked to any other file.
- flat-knit — (of a fabric) made by flat knitting.
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flatlined — Simple past tense and past participle of flatline.
- flatliner — (rare) A patient with no heartbeat.
- flatlines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatline.
- flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
- flatstick — with great speed or effort
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.