9-letter words containing f, a, l, o
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hell of a — (intensifier)
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- lava flow — liquid or solidified lava which has erupted from a volcano onto the Earth's surface
- lead foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- lead-foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leaf mold — a compost or layer of soil consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.
- leaf roll — a viral disease of plants, especially potatoes, characterized by upward rolling of the leaflets, chlorosis, stunting, and necrosis of the phloem.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- load fund — a mutual fund that carries transaction charges, usually a percentage of the initial investment.
- loaferish — (of a person) idle, lazy
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- looseleaf — Consisting of loose leaves (pages), often collected in a binder, rather than being bound like a book or stapled.
- lose face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- malformed — faultily or anomalously formed.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- matfellon — knapweed
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- meat loaf — a dish of ground meat, often mixed with other ingredients, as bread crumbs and seasonings, molded in the shape of a loaf and baked.
- megaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- megaflora — plants large enough to be seen by the naked eye
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- modafinil — A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C15H15NO2S.
- moon-calf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonfeudal — not feudal or related to the feudal system
- nonfilial — not involving a parent-child relationship
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- nonformal — Not formal.
- nose leaf — a leaflike outgrowth of skin on the nose of various bats, thought to be sensitive to vibrations of the air.
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
- off label — of, relating to, or denoting a drug prescribed for a particular indication even though the drug has not yet received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for that disease, condition, or symptom.