9-letter words containing f, u, s, l
- fireplugs — Plural form of fireplug.
- fish glue — a type of glue made by prolonged boiling of the connective tissue of fish
- fistulate — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- fistulize — Pathology. to form a fistula.
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- fistulous — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- flag smut — a disease of cereals and other grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the affected leaves and stems, which later dry up and become shredded, caused by several smut fungi of the genus Urocystis.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flash gun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flashbulb — a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.
- flashguns — Plural form of flashgun.
- flashtube — electronic flash.
- flat sour — fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flensburg — a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein: taken from Denmark by Prussia in 1864; voted to remain German in 1920. Pop: 85 300 (2003 est)
- flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- floccules — Plural form of floccule.
- flocculus — floccule.
- flophouse — a cheap, run-down hotel or rooming house.
- floscular — Flosculous.
- flounders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounder.
- flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
- flourless — the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- fluffiest — Superlative form of fluffy.
- fluidised — Simple past tense and past participle of fluidise.
- fluidness — a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape.
- fluminous — Pertaining to a river or rivers; flowing, fluent.
- flunkyism — The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism.
- fluoresce — to exhibit fluorescence.
- 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.
- fluorspar — fluorite.
- flush out — run liquid through to clean
- flushable — (of a toilet) That has a flushing mechanism.
- flushness — a fresh growth, as of shoots and leaves.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flustered — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- fluxuates — Misspelling of fluctuates.
- focusable — Capable of being focused.
- focusless — Lacking focus.
- followups — the act of following up.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- fossulate — hollowed; grooved