9-letter words containing f, o, r, l, i
- flowerier — Comparative form of flowery.
- flowerily — In a flowery way.
- flowering — bearing flowers.
- fluoboric — containing the univalent group BF 4 − .
- fluorosis — an abnormal condition caused by excessive intake of fluorides, characterized in children by discoloration and pitting of the teeth and in adults by pathological bone changes.
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- foilborne — (of a vessel) moving on the water on hydrofoils, with the hull out of the water.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- folkloric — based on or resembling folklore: folkloric music.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- foraminal — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- forbiddal — Lb archaic The act of forbidding something.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- forklifts — Plural form of forklift.
- form nail — a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.
- 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.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- 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.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fossorial — digging or burrowing.
- francolin — any of numerous Eurasian and African partridges of the genus Francolinus, having sharply spurred legs.
- 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.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoling — to behave frivolously; trifle.
- frivolity — the quality or state of being frivolous: the frivolity of Mardi Gras.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- froglings — Plural form of frogling.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from life — from a living model
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frontlist — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.