9-letter words containing f, i, l, o
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from life — from a living model
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- fulminous — Explosive.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- fungoidal — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus or fungi; resembling a fungus or fungi; fungoid
- funloving — Alternative spelling of fun-loving.
- furiously — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- fusel oil — a mixture consisting chiefly of amyl alcohols obtained as a by-product in the fermentation of grains.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- glorifier — Agent noun of glorify; one who glorifies.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- gold foil — sheets of gold slightly thicker than gold leaf.
- goldfield — A district in which gold is found as a mineral.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- goldfinny — One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
- good life — a life abounding in material comforts and luxuries.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- home life — a person's life at home; private life
- hydrofoil — Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- 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).
- inflexion — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- inflowing — Flowing inward.
- infolding — invagination.
- interflow — to flow into each other; intermingle.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- jollifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jollify.
- kiloflops — (unit) 1000 FLOPS. See prefix.