9-letter words containing f, l, a, t
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- faldstool — a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
- fall flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- fall into — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall thru — fall through
- fall trap — a trap into which animals fall
- falsettos — Plural form of falsetto.
- falsities — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fan delta — a partially submerged alluvial fan that has merged with a delta.
- fan vault — a vault composed of a number of concave conoidal surfaces, usually four, springing from the corners of the vaulting compartment and touching or intersecting at the top, often decorated with ribs.
- fanatical — motivated or characterized by an extreme, uncritical enthusiasm or zeal, as in religion or politics.
- fanlights — Plural form of fanlight.
- faribault — a city in SE Minnesota.
- farm belt — an area or region noted principally for farming.
- fast lane — Also called express lane. the lane of a multilane roadway that is used by fast-moving vehicles, as when passing slower traffic.
- fast talk — to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.
- fast-talk — to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.
- fastballs — Plural form of fastball.
- fastigial — Relating to a fastigium.
- fatalists — Plural form of fatalist.
- fatalness — The quality of being fatal; deadliness.
- fatefully — having momentous significance or consequences; decisively important; portentous: a fateful meeting between the leaders of the two countries.
- fatidical — prophetic.
- fatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- fatty oil — fixed oil.
- fatuously — With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
- faultless — without fault, flaw, or defect; perfect.
- faultline — the surface of a fault fracture along which the rocks have been displaced
- faveolate — honeycombed; alveolate; pitted.
- feastless — without a feast
- featherly — (obsolete) Like feathers.
- featurely — having strongly defined features or characteristics, handsome
- feldspath — Alternative form of feldspar.
- fellating — Present participle of fellate.
- fellation — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellatrix — A woman who performs fellatio.
- fenestral — (archaeology) A casement or window sash closed with cloth or paper instead of glass.
- festivals — Plural form of festival.
- feudalist — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feuillant — a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical
- fictional — invented as part of a work of fiction: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.
- fidelista — Fidelist.
- fieldgate — the site in an oil field where natural gas is separated from crude oil after the latter reaches the surface, for movement through pipelines.
- fightable — able or ready to fight
- filaments — Plural form of filament.
- filatures — Plural form of filature.
- filiation — the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- film gate — (in motion-picture cameras and projectors) a mechanism that holds the film flat in the focal plane of the lens during exposure or projection.