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9-letter words containing f, l, a, i, n

  • influenza — Pathology. an acute, commonly epidemic disease, occurring in several forms, caused by numerous rapidly mutating viral strains and characterized by respiratory symptoms and general prostration. Compare flu.
  • interleaf — an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
  • lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
  • landfills — Plural form of landfill.
  • latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
  • leafiness — The state or condition of being leafy.
  • life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
  • lifespans — Plural form of lifespan.
  • link farm — (file system, Unix)   A directory tree that contains mostly symbolic links to files in a master directory tree of files. Link farms save space when one is maintaining several nearly identical copies of the same source tree - for example, when the only difference is architecture-dependent object files. They also mean that changes to the master tree are instantly visible in the link farm. Good text editors provide the option to replace a link with a new version of the target file when saving thus allowing the farm to have its own versions of just those files that differ from the master tree. E.g. "Let's freeze the source and then rebuild the FROBOZZ-3 and FROBOZZ-4 link farms." Link farms may also be used to get around restrictions on the number of "-I" (include-file directory) arguments on older C preprocessors. However, they can also get completely out of hand, becoming the file system equivalent of spaghetti code.
  • loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
  • manifolds — Plural form of manifold.
  • mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
  • mean life — the average time of existence of an unstable or reactive entity, such as a nucleus, elementary particle, charge carrier, etc; lifetime. It is equal to the half-life divided by 0.693 15
  • modafinil — A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C15H15NO2S.
  • nafcillin — A beta-lactam antibiotic of the penicillin class.
  • nail file — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
  • nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
  • nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
  • nonfilial — not involving a parent-child relationship
  • nonfiscal — not involving government funds
  • o'faolain — Seán [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1900–91, Irish writer and teacher.
  • officinal — kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Compare magistral (def 1).
  • olfaction — the act of smelling.
  • painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
  • plaintful — complaining or lamenting
  • plaintiff — a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant).
  • plan file — (operating system)   On Unix systems that support finger, the ".plan" file in a user's home directory is displayed when the user is fingered. This feature was originally intended to be used to keep potential fingerers apprised of one's location and near-future plans, but has been turned almost universally to humorous and self-expressive purposes (like a sig block). See also Hacking X for Y. A later innovation in plan files was the introduction of "scrolling plan files" which are one-dimensional animations made using only the printable ASCII character set, carriage return and line feed, avoiding terminal specific escape sequences, since the finger command will (for security reasons; see letterbomb) not pass the escape character. Scrolling .plan files have become art forms in miniature, and some sites have started competitions to find who can create the longest running, funniest, and most original animations. A compiler (ASP) is available on Usenet for producing them. Typical animation components include: See also twirling baton.
  • planiform — having a flattened shape, as an anatomical joint.
  • refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
  • reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
  • reinflame — to inflame again
  • reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
  • snailfish — any of several elongate, smooth-skinned fishes of the family Liparididae, inhabiting cold seas, having the ventral fins modified to form a sucking disk.
  • sniffable — capable of being sniffed
  • sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
  • tafelwein — German table wine
  • ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
  • unfailing — not failing; not giving way; not falling short of expectation; completely dependable: an unfailing friend.
  • unfixable — to repair; mend.
  • ungainful — lacking gain
  • unifiable — capable of being unified.
  • unpainful — not causing or characterized by pain; painless
  • unqualify — to disqualify or to make unfit
  • vine leaf — leaf of a climbing plant
  • windfalls — Plural form of windfall.
  • wing flap — a control flap on the wing of an aeroplane
  • wing flat — a flat, especially a two-fold, usually forming part of a unit of four panels of painted scenery.
  • zinfandel — a black vinifera grape, grown in California.
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