9-letter words containing f, l, s
- halfbacks — Plural form of halfback.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- hip flask — small container for carrying alcohol
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- hot flush — a blush; rosy glow: a flush of embarrassment on his face.
- housefuls — Plural form of houseful.
- ice shelf — an ice sheet projecting into coastal waters so that the end floats.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- in itself — per se
- influents — Plural form of influent.
- infusible — capable of being infused.
- jellifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jellify.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jewelfish — a brightly colored cichlid fish, Hemichromis bimaculatus, native to Africa: popular in home aquariums.
- jollifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jollify.
- killfiles — Plural form of killfile.
- killifish — any of several small, oviparous cyprinodont fishes, especially of the genus Fundulus, found in salt, brackish, and fresh waters.
- kiloflops — (unit) 1000 FLOPS. See prefix.
- knifeless — without a knife
- landfalls — Plural form of landfall.
- landfills — Plural form of landfill.
- landforms — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf scar — the mark left on a stem or twig after a leaf falls.
- leaf site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leafbirds — Plural form of leafbird.
- leafiness — The state or condition of being leafy.
- leafstalk — petiole (def 1).
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- life list — a list of species sighted and identified by a bird watcher or naturalist over a lifetime.
- life mask — a cast of the face of a living person.
- life span — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- life vest — life jacket.
- life-size — of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original: a life-size statue.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lifeforms — Plural form of lifeform.
- lifehacks — Plural form of lifehack.