9-letter words containing f, a, l, s, i
- lifesaver — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- 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.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- misbefall — (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- officials — Plural form of official.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- 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
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- 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.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- qualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify.
- 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.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- scaldfish — a small European flatfish, Arnoglossus laterna, covered with large fragile scales: family Bothidae
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- snailfish — any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- windfalls — Plural form of windfall.