9-letter words containing f, o, c, a, l
- fictional — invented as part of a work of fiction: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- floccular — of or relating to the flocculus of the cerebellum
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- focalized — Simple past tense and past participle of focalize.
- focalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of focalize.
- focusable — Capable of being focused.
- fold case — case sensitivity
- foolscaps — Plural form of foolscap.
- forceable — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.
- fumarolic — Of or relating to a fumarole or fumaroles.
- gerfalcon — gyrfalcon.
- golf cart — a small, battery-powered, three- or four-wheel vehicle used for transporting one or two golfers and their equipment around a golf course.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- long face — an unhappy or gloomy expression: He's been walking around with a long face ever since he failed the examination.
- lose face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- lovecraft — H(oward) P(hillips) 1890–1937, U.S. horror-story writer.
- moon-calf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- nonfiscal — not involving government funds
- officials — Plural form of official.
- officinal — kept in stock by apothecaries, as a drug. Compare magistral (def 1).
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- olfaction — the act of smelling.
- olfactive — Of or pertaining to the sense of smell; olfactory.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- orificial — (medicine) Of or relating to the orifices of the body.
- rock fall — a fall of loose rocks
- slack off — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- soft clam — soft-shell clam.
- soft coal — bituminous coal.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- varifocal — having a focus that can vary
- vocal fry — a voice quality characterized by a low pitch and raspy sound and produced by a slow fluttering of the vocal cords: There's too much vocal fry in her speaking voice.
- wolf call — a whistle, shout, or the like uttered by a male in admiration of a female's appearance.
- wolf pack — a group of submarines operating together in hunting down and attacking enemy convoys.
- wolframic — tungstic.