9-letter words containing f, o, l
- game fowl — a domestic fowl of a breed much used for fighting.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- gene flow — the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population, resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies.
- gerfalcon — gyrfalcon.
- gigaflops — a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- glorifier — Agent noun of glorify; one who glorifies.
- glorifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glorify.
- go formal — to go dressed in evening clothes
- god-awful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- gold foil — sheets of gold slightly thicker than gold leaf.
- gold leaf — gold in the form of very thin foil, as for gilding.
- goldfield — A district in which gold is found as a mineral.
- goldfinch — a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow.
- goldfinny — One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
- golf ball — a small, white ball with a tough cover and a resilient core of rubber, used in playing golf.
- 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.
- golf club — any of various long-handled clubs with wooden or metal heads, for hitting the ball in golf. Compare iron (def 5), wood1 (def 8).
- gonfalons — Plural form of gonfalon.
- good life — a life abounding in material comforts and luxuries.
- good self — a polite way of referring to or addressing a person (or persons), used following your, his, her, or their
- goodfella — a gangster, esp one in the Mafia
- goofballs — Plural form of goofball.
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- hail from — to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome.
- half boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half hose — short hose; socks.
- half note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half tone — semitone.
- half-boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- half-hose — socks
- half-hour — a period of 30 minutes.
- half-long — (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long.
- half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-oval — having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- haloforms — Plural form of haloform.
- hell of a — (intensifier)
- hold fire — If you hold fire in a situation, you delay before taking action.
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- holeproof — (of fabric or an article of clothing) designed or made so as to prevent holes.