9-letter words containing f, l, s
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- subfossil — something partly fossilized
- sugarloaf — a large, usually conical loaf or mass of hard refined sugar: the common form of household sugar until the mid-19th century.
- sulfatase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of sulfuric acid esters.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- sulfurate — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur, the fumes of burning sulfur, etc.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- sulfurous — of, relating to, or containing sulfur, especially in the tetravalent state.
- sunflower — any of various composite plants of the genus Helianthus, as H. annuus, having showy, yellow-rayed flower heads often 12 inches (30 cm) wide, and edible seeds that yield an oil with a wide variety of uses: the state flower of Kansas.
- superflux — an overflow; an overspill; an excessive amount or flow
- surf clam — any of several typically large common clams of the family Mactridae, inhabiting the zone of breaking surf in coastal waters.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- sweetleaf — a shrub or small tree, Symplocos tinctoria, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having lance-shaped leaves, yellowish, fragrant flowers, and orange or brown fruit.
- swellfish — puffer (def 2).
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- tanstaafl — /tan'stah-fl/ (From Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". Often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece of free software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet newsgroups. "What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you know." This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high concentration of science-fiction fans and political libertarians in hackerdom.
- teraflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- thrustful — aggressive or pushy
- top shelf — of highest quality
- townsfolk — citizens, local people
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- ufologist — the study of unidentified flying objects.
- ultrafast — extremely fast: ultrafast computers.
- ultrasafe — extremely safe
- ultrasoft — extremely soft
- unbashful — uncomfortably diffident and easily embarrassed; shy; timid.
- underself — the part of a personality that remains hidden
- unfleshly — not fleshly; not carnal or corporeal; spiritual.
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unfussily — in an unfussy manner
- unrestful — giving or conducive to rest.
- unselfish — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unskilful — not skillful; clumsy or bungling.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- unwishful — not wishful
- up-itself — pretentious or pompous
- use-fully — being of use or service; serving some purpose; advantageous, helpful, or of good effect: a useful member of society.
- wasterful — Lb obsolete wasteful.
- welfarism — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- westfalen — German name of Westphalia.