9-letter words containing f, l, i, e
- luciferin — a pigment occurring in luminescent organisms, as fireflies, that emits light when undergoing oxidation.
- lynnfield — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- m-1 rifle — a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- makefiles — Plural form of makefile.
- mala fide — in bad faith; not genuine.
- mansfield — a city in W Nottinghamshire, in central England.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- mcauliffe — Anthony Clement, 1898–1975, U.S. Army general.
- 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
- minefield — an area of land or water throughout which explosive mines have been laid.
- misbefall — (transitive, obsolete) Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person).
- misbelief — erroneous belief; false opinion.
- misfolded — Simple past tense and past participle of misfold.
- mollified — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- mollifier — (mathematics) An
- mollifies — to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- multifuel — Using or involving more than one kind of fuel.
- 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.
- news film — a film showing main events in the news
- nightlife — the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion, as at a nightclub, theater, or the like.
- noble fir — a fir, Abies procera, of the northwestern U.S., which may grow to a height of 250 feet (76 meters).
- nonbelief — (religion) Failure to believe; lack of religion.
- nullified — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- nullifier — One who, or that which, nullifies.
- nullifies — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- off-glide — a transitional sound produced as the vocal organs move from a previous speech sound to an inactive position or to the position of a following sound. Compare on-glide.
- oil field — an area in which there are large deposits of oil.
- oil-fired — Oil-fired heating systems and power stations use oil as a fuel.
- oilfields — Plural form of oilfield.
- old field — land no longer under cultivation because the fertility of the soil has been exhausted.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- on relief — alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- oriflamme — the red banner of St. Denis, near Paris, carried before the early kings of France as a military ensign.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- palafitte — a prehistoric dwelling
- past life — previous incarnation
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- pearlfish — any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pelviform — basin-shaped
- pilferage — the act or practice of pilfering; petty theft.
- pilfering — stealing, petty theft
- 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.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- plentiful — existing in great plenty: Coal was plentiful, and therefore cheap, in that region.
- plexiform — of, relating to, or resembling a plexus.
- pond life — the animals that live in ponds
- praiseful — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- prefacial — located anterior to the face
- prefilled — filled in advance