9-letter words containing f, a, t, e, l
- flag seat — a seat woven from reeds, rushes, or iris leaves.
- flageolet — a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
- flagitate — to importune (someone), to demand of or entreat (someone) with passion and earnestness
- flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flake-out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flamsteed — John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- flannelet — a warm, soft cotton fabric, plain or printed, napped on one side.
- flash set — undesirably rapid setting of cement in concrete
- flashiest — Superlative form of flash.
- flashtube — electronic flash.
- flat feet — feet affected by a condition in which the entire sole of the foot is able to touch the ground because of flattening of the instep arch
- 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 head — a flat screw head.
- flat race — a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
- flat rate — single, fixed fee
- 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.
- flatbread — Also, flatbrod [flat-brohd] /ˈflæt broʊd/ (Show IPA). a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked especially in Scandinavian countries.
- flatheads — Plural form of flathead.
- 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.
- flatmates — Plural form of flatmate.
- flattened — Made flat by something.
- flattener — to make flat.
- flatter's — a person or thing that makes something flat.
- flattered — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- flatterer — to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.
- flatulate — to expel intestinal gas through the anus.
- flatulent — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
- flatwares — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flaughter — a fluttering
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- fleet car — A car that is bought as one of a number owned and operated by a particular company, e.g. as company cars
- flexatone — A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- flirtable — ready or willing to flirt.
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- floodgate — Civil Engineering. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluorated — (chemistry) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
- flux gate — Physics. an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the earth: used in some gyrocompasses and magnetometers.
- fluxuates — Misspelling of fluctuates.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.