9-letter words containing f, a, t, e, l
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
- fabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of fabulate.
- face-lift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facecloth — washcloth.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faceplant — (informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
- faceplate — (on a lathe) a perforated plate, mounted on the live spindle, to which the work is attached.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- fairytale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- faithless — not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- falsettos — Plural form of falsetto.
- falsities — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fan delta — a partially submerged alluvial fan that has merged with a delta.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- fast lane — Also called express lane. the lane of a multilane roadway that is used by fast-moving vehicles, as when passing slower traffic.
- fatalness — The quality of being fatal; deadliness.
- fatefully — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- fatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- faultless — without fault, flaw, or defect; perfect.
- faultline — the surface of a fault fracture along which the rocks have been displaced
- faveolate — honeycombed; alveolate; pitted.
- feastless — without a feast
- featherly — (obsolete) Like feathers.
- featurely — having strongly defined features or characteristics, handsome
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- fellating — Present participle of fellate.
- fellation — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellatrix — A woman who performs fellatio.
- fenestral — (archaeology) A casement or window sash closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.
- festivals — Plural form of festival.
- feudalist — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feuillant — a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical
- fidelista — Fidelist.
- fieldgate — the site in an oil field where natural gas is separated from crude oil after the latter reaches the surface, for movement through pipelines.
- fightable — able or ready to fight
- filaments — Plural form of filament.
- filatures — Plural form of filature.
- film gate — (in motion-picture cameras and projectors) a mechanism that holds the film flat in the focal plane of the lens during exposure or projection.
- filtabyte — (networking, hardware) An Ethernet controller card made by LRT based on the LANCE and SIA. It uses DMA. Its Ethernet address can be changed by software.
- filtrable — filterable.
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- filtrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filtrate.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- fishplate — a metal or wooden plate or slab, bolted to each of two members that have been butted or lapped together.
- fistulate — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.