9-letter words containing f, i, l
- dipperful — (US) As much as a dipper will hold; a cupful.
- dire wolf — an extinct wolf, Canis dirus, widespread in North America during the Pleistocene Epoch, having a larger body and a smaller brain than the modern wolf.
- direfully — In a direful manner.
- disbelief — the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
- disc film — film used in a disc camera.
- disfluent — lacking fluency in speech
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- disulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disulfide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- dolorific — Of or relating to pain.
- dorsiflex — Bend (something, typically the hand or foot ) dorsally or toward its upper surface.
- downfield — In or to a position nearer to the opponents' end of a field.
- drag lift — a lift which drags skiers up to the top of the slope
- draglifts — Plural form of draglift.
- driftbolt — Also called driftpin. a spike having a round shank and used for fastening heavy timbers together.
- driftless — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- dulcified — Sweetened; mollified.
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dutifully — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- dwarflike — Resembling a dwarf or some aspect of one; small, diminutive.
- dwarfling — A diminutive dwarf.
- edificial — a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance.
- effluvial — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effluvium — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effluxion — outward flow, as of water.
- eightfoil — an eight-leaved flower shape
- eightfold — Eight times as great or as numerous.
- el faiyûm — a city in N Egypt: a site of towns going back at least to the 12th dynasty. Pop: 311 000 (2005 est)
- electrify — Charge with electricity; pass an electric current through.
- elfinwood — Krummholz.
- enfiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of enfilade.
- enfolding — Present participle of enfold.
- engulfing — Present participle of engulf.
- epifaunal — relating to epifauna
- equifinal — That have the same outcome, end or result.
- exemplify — Be a typical example of.
- exfoliant — A cosmetic product designed to remove dead cells from the surface of the skin.
- exfoliate — (of a material) come apart or be shed from a surface in scales or layers.
- fabulists — Plural form of fabulist.
- face-lift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- face-nail — to secure with nails driven perpendicular to the surface. Compare toenail (def 4).
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- facialist — a person who has special training in administering facials and other skin treatments for the face.
- facsimile — an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
- factional — of a faction or factions.
- factoidal — of or resembling a factoid; (of a piece of writing) comprising facts and factoids
- factorial — Mathematics. the product of a given positive integer multiplied by all lesser positive integers: The quantity four factorial (4!) = 4 ⋅ 3 ⋅ 2 ⋅ 1 = 24. Symbol: n!, where n is the given integer.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- faddishly — In a faddish way.
- fail-safe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.