9-letter words containing f, i
- fold limb — either of the sides of a geological fold
- foliation — the act or process of putting forth leaves.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foliolate — pertaining to or consisting of leaflets (often used in combination, as bifoliolate).
- foliolose — with leaves composed of folioles
- folk-sing — an informal gathering for the singing of folk songs.
- folketing — the unicameral parliament of Denmark.
- folkishly — In a folkish manner.
- folkloric — based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- follicles — Plural form of follicle.
- following — the act of following.
- fomenting — Present participle of foment.
- fonticuli — fontanelles
- food fish — any fish used for food by human beings.
- food mile — a unit used to measure the distance that a food product travels from where it is produced to where it is sold or consumed
- food mill — a hand-operated kitchen device for puréeing fruits and vegetables.
- foodchain — Alternative spelling of food chain.
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- fool file — (jargon) A term found on Usenet for a notional repository of all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of sig blocks consists of the header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- foolishly — In an unwise manner; stupidly.
- foot line — Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- footering — Present participle of footer.
- foothills — a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
- footlight — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
- footpoint — (astronomy) The region at which tubes of magnetic field liness reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.
- footprint — a mark left by the shod or unshod foot, as in earth or sand.
- fopperies — the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- for kicks — If you say that someone does something for kicks, you mean that they do it because they think it will be exciting.
- foraminal — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- forbidden — a past participle of forbid.
- forbidder — One who forbids.
- forboding — Alternative form of foreboding.
- force fit — assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
- forcipate — having the shape of or resembling a forceps.
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forechoir — antechoir.
- forecited — previously cited.
- foregoing — previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.
- foreigner — a person not native to or naturalized in the country or jurisdiction under consideration; alien.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- forenight — (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
- forensics — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- foreright — (archaic) ready, directly forward, going before.