9-letter words containing f, l, a, n, s
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- frailness — The state of being frail; frailty; weakness.
- franglais — French spoken or written with a large admixture of English words, especially those of American origin.
- friesland — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- gonfalons — Plural form of gonfalon.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- landfalls — Plural form of landfall.
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- 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.
- 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.
- newsflash — flash (def 6).
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- nose leaf — a leaflike outgrowth of skin on the nose of various bats, thought to be sensitive to vibrations of the air.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- sand flea — beach flea.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- 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.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- sniffable — capable of being sniffed
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- soft loan — A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- tanstaafl — /tan'stah-fl/ (From Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". Often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece of free software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet newsgroups. "What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you know." This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high concentration of science-fiction fans and political libertarians in hackerdom.
- unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
- westfalen — German name of Westphalia.
- windfalls — Plural form of windfall.
- wolfsbane — any of several plants in the aconite genus Aconitum, including A. lycoctonum, bearing stalks of hood-shaped purplish-blue flowers, the monkshood A. napellus, which yields a poisonous alkaloid used medicinally, and numerous garden varieties in various colors.