9-letter words containing f, o, l
- home life — a person's life at home; private life
- hopefully — in a hopeful manner: We worked hopefully and energetically, thinking we might finish first.
- 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.
- humourful — Humorous; comical.
- huon gulf — a gulf of the Solomon Sea, on the E coast of New Guinea.
- hydrofoil — Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.
- in flower — When a plant is in flower or when it has come into flower, its flowers have appeared and opened.
- inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- inflexion — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- inflictor — to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- inflowing — Flowing inward.
- infolding — invagination.
- interflow — to flow into each other; intermingle.
- interfold — to fold one within another; fold together.
- jerfalcon — Alternative form of gyrfalcon.
- jollifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jollify.
- kerflooey — Informal. to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail: As soon as the storm hit, every light in town went kerflooey.
- kiloflops — (unit) 1000 FLOPS. See prefix.
- kugelhopf — a sweetened bread, flavored with raisins and almonds, baked in a ring-shaped mold, and usually dusted with powdered sugar before serving.
- lakefront — the land along the edge of a lake: Property along the lakefront is more expensive every year.
- lanciform — shaped like a lance: lanciform windows.
- landforce — a body of people trained for land warfare
- 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.
- larviform — (zoology) Having the form or structure of a larva.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- lava flow — liquid or solidified lava which has erupted from a volcano onto the Earth's surface
- lead foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- lead-foot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leaf mold — a compost or layer of soil consisting chiefly of decayed vegetable matter, especially leaves.
- leaf roll — a viral disease of plants, especially potatoes, characterized by upward rolling of the leaflets, chlorosis, stunting, and necrosis of the phloem.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leakproof — designed to prevent leaking: a leakproof bottle.
- leapfrogs — Plural form of leapfrog.
- leave off — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- left join — outer join
- left over — remaining
- leftovers — Plural form of leftover.
- leinsdorf — Erich [er-ik;; German ey-rikh] /ˈɛr ɪk;; German ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1912–1993, U.S. orchestra conductor, born in Austria.
- leitmotif — a motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea.
- lemonfish — the cobia.
- lentiform — lenticular.
- level off — a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- level-off — the maneuver of bringing an aircraft into a horizontal flying position after an ascent or descent.
- libriform — (of a fibre of woody tissue) elongated and having a pitted thickened cell wall
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- life form — the form that is characteristic of a particular organism at maturity.
- life zone — a geographic region characterized by a distinct set of animals and plants.