9-letter words containing f, o, l, s
- footstool — a low stool upon which to rest one's feet when seated.
- footwalls — Plural form of footwall.
- footwells — Plural form of footwell.
- foppishly — In a foppish way.
- forceless — Without force.
- forclosed — Simple past tense and past participle of forclose.
- foreclose — Law. to deprive (a mortgagor or pledgor) of the right to redeem his or her property, especially on failure to make payment on a mortgage when due, ownership of property then passing to the mortgagee. to take away the right to redeem (a mortgage or pledge).
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- forelocks — Plural form of forelock.
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- forestall — to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- foretells — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foretell.
- forkballs — Plural form of forkball.
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalism — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formalist — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- forrestal — James Vincent, 1892–1949, U.S. financier, secretary of Defense 1947–49.
- forskolin — (biochemistry) A labdane diterpene produced by the plant Coleus forskohlii; commonly used in the study and research of cell physiology.
- fort sill — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SW Oklahoma, N of Lawton; field artillery school.
- fossilify — (dated) To fossilize.
- fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- fossilist — One who is versed in the science of fossils.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- fossorial — digging or burrowing.
- fossulate — hollowed; grooved
- foul shot — a throw from the foul line, given a player after a foul has been called against an opponent.
- 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
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- freeholds — Plural form of freehold.
- freeloads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeload.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frockless — with no frock
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frogstool — a toadstool.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- frontless — shameless; unblushing.
- frontlets — Plural form of frontlet.
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frostbelt — Snowbelt.
- frostless — with no frost
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.