9-letter words containing f, l, a, t
- fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- fluorated — (chemistry) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- flux gate — Physics. an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the earth: used in some gyrocompasses and magnetometers.
- fluxuates — Misspelling of fluctuates.
- foldboats — Plural form of foldboat.
- 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).
- folk tale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- fomalhaut — a star of the first magnitude and the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- fontanels — Plural form of fontanel.
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- footballs — Plural form of football.
- footfalls — Plural form of footfall.
- footfault — to commit a foot fault.
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- footstalk — a pedicel; peduncle.
- footstall — the stirrup of a woman's sidesaddle.
- footwalls — Plural form of footwall.
- forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formulate — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- fort lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fort-lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fortaleza — a seaport in NE Brazil.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fossulate — hollowed; grooved
- foveolate — having foveolae, or very small pits.
- fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- fractiles — Plural form of fractile.
- fractural — Of or pertaining to a fracture.
- fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
- frailties — Plural form of frailty.
- franticly — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- fraternal — of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
- fremantle — a seaport in SW Australia, near Perth.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontally — In a frontal manner.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- frontload — Alternative form of front-load.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fuel tank — vehicle's petrol storage container