9-letter words containing f, l, i, e
- prefilter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- qualified — having the qualities, accomplishments, etc., that fit a person for some function, office, or the like.
- qualifier — a person or thing that qualifies.
- qualifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of qualify.
- quiverful — The amount held by a quiver.
- radcliffe — Ann (Ward) 1764–1823, English writer of Gothic romances.
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- real life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- real-life — existing or happening in reality: real-life drama.
- refinable — to bring to a fine or a pure state; free from impurities: to refine metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- refinedly — in a refined manner
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflexion — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- reflexive — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- reglorify — to glorify again
- reinflame — to inflame again
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- reliquefy — to liquefy again
- remindful — reviving memory of something; reminiscent.
- renifleur — a person who is sexually aroused or gratified by odors.
- requalify — to qualify again
- ricefield — a field where rice is grown
- richfield — a city in E Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- sablefish — a large, blackish food fish, Anoplopoma fimbria, inhabiting waters of the North Pacific.
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- schofield — John McAllister [muh-kal-i-ster] /məˈkæl ɪ stər/ (Show IPA), 1831–1906, U.S. general.
- self-bias — voltage developed on an electrode in a vacuum tube circuit as a result of current flowing through a resistor in a lead to the cathode or to a grid.
- self-paid — a simple past tense and past participle of pay1 .
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- self-will — stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
- selfishly — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- selfridge — Harry Gordon, 1857?–1947, British retail merchant, born in the U.S.
- semifinal — of or relating to the round preceding the final one in a tournament from which losers are eliminated.
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- serrefile — an officer placed in the rearmost file of soldiers in a troop
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- sheffield — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- shelf ice — ice forming part of or broken from an ice shelf.
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shellfire — the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.
- shellfish — an aquatic animal having a shell, as the oyster and other mollusks and the lobster and other crustaceans.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- siffleuse — a female professional whistler
- skiffless — without a skiff