9-letter words containing f, i
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flax lily — a large New Zealand plant, Phormium tenax, of the agave family, having showy, red-margined, leathery leaves and dull-red flowers, grown as an ornamental and for the fiber-yielding leaves.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- fledgling — a young bird just fledged.
- flenching — Present participle of flench.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- fleshiest — Superlative form of fleshy.
- fleshings — flesh-colored tights.
- fleshling — a person whose mind is fixed on fleshly things (usually as opposed to spiritual matters)
- fletching — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- flex-wing — a collapsible fabric delta wing, as used with hang-gliders
- flexibles — Plural form of flexible.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flexitime — a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
- flextimer — a person who works flexitime
- flickable — able to be flicked
- flickered — Simple past tense and past participle of flicker.
- flightier — Comparative form of flighty.
- flightily — In a flighty manner.
- flighting — the act, manner, or power of flying.
- flimflams — Plural form of flimflam.
- flimsiest — Superlative form of flimsy.
- flinching — Present participle of flinch.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- flintlike — Resembling flint; stony.
- flintlock — an outmoded gunlock in which a piece of flint striking against steel produces sparks that ignite the priming.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip side — the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flipflops — Plural form of flipflop.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- flirtable — ready or willing to flirt.
- flittered — Simple past tense and past participle of flitter.
- floggings — Plural form of flogging.
- floodings — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient receives abrupt and intense, rather than gradual, exposure to a fear-producing situation.
- floodlike — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- floodtide — the tide when it has risen from low to high water
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- floriform — flower-shaped
- florist's — a shop where flowers and house plants are sold
- floristic — pertaining to flowers or a flora.