9-letter words containing f, e, l, s, t
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- in itself — per se
- influents — Plural form of influent.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leafstalk — petiole (def 1).
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- life list — a list of species sighted and identified by a bird watcher or naturalist over a lifetime.
- life vest — life jacket.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lifestyle — the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
- lifetimes — Plural form of lifetime.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- loftiness — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- lowestoft — a seaport in NE Suffolk, in E England: famous for a type of china.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- molestful — (obsolete) troublesome; vexatious.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- past life — previous incarnation
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- resentful — full of or marked by resentment.
- resultful — containing results, having significant effects
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
- salt-free — containing or involving no salt
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- self-hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- self-mate — a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- self-talk — motivational thoughts, affirmations
- self-test — a test that can be administered to oneself.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- shaftless — lacking a shaft
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- slashfest — a film, animated film, or computer game in which victims are killed bloodily using blades
- soft lens — a nonrigid contact lens made of porous plastic, having a high water content that is replenished from eye surface moisture.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.