9-letter words containing f, i, r, l
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prefilled — filled in advance
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profiling — the outline or contour of the human face, especially the face viewed from one side.
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- quiverful — The amount held by a quiver.
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- ralliform — raillike in shape, anatomy, etc.
- rauwolfia — any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rauwolfia, as R. serpentina, of India.
- real life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- real-life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflexion — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- reflexive — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- reglorify — to glorify again
- reinflame — to inflame again
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- renifleur — a person who is sexually aroused or gratified by odors.
- requalify — to qualify again
- ricefield — a field where rice is grown
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rig floor — The rig floor is the working area on a rig.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- roll film — a strip of film with space for several exposures, packaged on a spool in roll form so as to permit daylight loading and unloading and ease of handling.
- scruffily — in an unkempt or shabby fashion
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.
- serrefile — an officer placed in the rearmost file of soldiers in a troop
- shellfire — the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.
- slip form — a form into which concrete is poured that can be slowly moved and reused in construction, as of a pavement or a building.
- slow fire — a rate of firing small arms that allows time to aim before each shot.
- solferino — a village in SE Lombardy, in N Italy: battle 1859. 1811.
- solid for — unanimously in favour of
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.