9-letter words containing f, l, p
- flat spot — a region of poor acceleration over a narrow range of throttle openings, caused by a weak mixture in the carburettor
- flat-pick — to play (an instrument) by plucking its strings with a flat pick.
- flatpacks — Plural form of flatpack.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip side — the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached
- flipbooks — Plural form of flipbook.
- flipchart — A flipchart is a stand with large sheets of paper which is used when presenting information at a meeting.
- flipflops — Plural form of flipflop.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floodlamp — Floodlight.
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- flopperoo — flop (def 11).
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- follow up — the act of following.
- follow-up — the act of following up.
- followups — the act of following up.
- foolproof — involving no risk or harm, even when tampered with.
- foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
- footplate — Carpentry. a plate running beneath and supporting a row of studs; mudsill.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- fort polk — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in W central Louisiana, SW of Alexandria.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- foul pole — either of two poles, one on each foul line, being the vertical continuation of the outfield fence or wall, used by the umpire as a sight line in determining whether a fly ball hit near the foul line is a fair or foul ball.
- fouled up — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- fouled-up — Informal. confused, chaotic, or disorganized.
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- fuel pump — device delivering fuel from tank to engine
- full stop — period (defs 10, 11).
- full-page — A full-page advertisement, picture, or article in a newspaper or magazine uses a whole page.
- galeproof — Capable of resisting a gale.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half step — Music. semitone.