9-letter words containing i, l, e, o
- follicles — Plural form of follicle.
- food mile — a unit used to measure the distance that a food product travels from where it is produced to where it is sold or consumed
- fool file — (jargon) A term found on Usenet for a notional repository of all the most dramatically and abysmally stupid utterances ever. An entire subgenre of sig blocks consists of the header "From the fool file:" followed by some quote the poster wishes to represent as an immortal gem of dimwittery; for this usage to be really effective, the quote has to be so obviously wrong as to be laughable. More than one Usenetter has achieved an unwanted notoriety by being quoted in this way.
- fooleries — Plural form of foolery.
- foot line — Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
- forelimbs — Plural form of forelimb.
- foresails — Plural form of foresail.
- forestial — Of, like or having to do with a forest.
- formalise — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formalize — to make formal, especially for the sake of official or authorized acceptance: to formalize an understanding by drawing up a legal contract.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulize — formulate.
- fortalice — a small fort; an outwork.
- fortilage — (obsolete) A little fort; a blockhouse.
- fossilise — Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- fossilize — Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- foul line — Baseball. either of the two lines connecting home plate with first and third base respectively, or their continuations to the end of the outfield.
- fowl mite — any of various mites parasitic in birds, usually bloodsucking and including the red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), both pests of poultry
- 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.
- frivolent — (nonstandard) frivolous, trifling, silly.
- frivoller — Alt form frivoler.
- frolicked — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- frolicker — merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- from life — from a living model
- frontline — front (def 9).
- frostline — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- fusel oil — a mixture consisting chiefly of amyl alcohols obtained as a by-product in the fermentation of grains.
- galeiform — helmet-shaped; resembling a galea.
- galiongee — (formerly) a Turkish sailor
- gasolines — Plural form of gasoline.
- genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- geologies — Plural form of geology.
- geologist — a person who specializes in geologic research and study.
- geologize — to study geology.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- gilsonite — an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- girandole — a rotating and radiating firework.
- glamorise — (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ) alternative spelling of glamorize.
- glamorize — to make glamorous.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- globalise — Alternative spelling of globalize.
- globalize — to extend to other or all parts of the globe; make worldwide: efforts to globalize the auto industry.
- globefish — puffer (def 2).
- globesity — obesity as affecting a very large percentage of the global population: the public-health crisis of globesity.
- globulite — (mineral) A rudimentary spherical form of crystallite.
- glocalize — of or relating to the interconnection of global and local issues, factors, etc.: a glocal conference on community development.