9-letter words containing f, l, a, n
- nightfall — the coming of night; the end of daylight; dusk.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonfeudal — not feudal or related to the feudal system
- nonfilial — not involving a parent-child relationship
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- nonformal — Not formal.
- nose leaf — a leaflike outgrowth of skin on the nose of various bats, thought to be sensitive to vibrations of the air.
- nukualofa — a Polynesian kingdom consisting of three groups of islands in the S Pacific, NE of New Zealand: a former British protectorate. About 270 sq. mi. (700 sq. km). Capital: Nukualofa.
- 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.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- 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.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- puftaloon — a fried scone
- 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.
- 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.
- tafelwein — German table wine
- 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.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- unaffable — pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.
- unbaffled — not baffled or confused by contradictions
- unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
- uncareful — not careful; not caring or vigilant; careless
- underleaf — (in liverworts) any of the leaves forming a row on the underside of the stem: usually smaller than the two rows of lateral leaves and sometimes absent
- unfactual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- unfadable — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- unfailing — not failing; not giving way; not falling short of expectation; completely dependable: an unfailing friend.
- unfearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- unfixable — to repair; mend.
- unflanged — a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- unflapped — not upset or confused; unperturbed.