9-letter words containing i, l, f
- split off — separate from group
- split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- spoil for — If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.
- spoilfive — a game played by two to ten persons having five cards each.
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- subfamily — Biology. a category of related genera within a family.
- subfossil — something partly fossilized
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sulfonium — the positively charged group H 3 S + , its salts, or their substitute products.
- sulfoxide — a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
- sulfurize — to combine, treat, or impregnate with sulfur.
- surficial — of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface: a surficial geologic deposit.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- swellfish — puffer (def 2).
- swine flu — a highly contagious form of influenza caused by infection with a filterable virus first isolated from swine.
- syllabify — to form or divide into syllables.
- tafelwein — German table wine
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- take life — to kill
- tallchief — Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.
- teleferic — telpher.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- text file — a file, readable by a person, that doesn't contain any codes but only contains text and numbers
- the filth — the police
- thickleaf — any of various succulent plants of the crassulaceous genus Crassula, having sessile or short-stalked fleshy leaves
- thieflike — like a thief
- thin film — a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.
- thin-film — a film of material only a few microns thick, deposited on a substrate, as in the technology for making integrated circuits.
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- thriftily — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- town life — the life or lifestyle characteristic of a town or urban area, esp as contrasted with rural or country life
- trail off — diminish
- trifacial — trigeminal.
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- trifolium — any leguminous plant of the temperate genus Trifolium, having leaves divided into three leaflets and dense heads of small white, yellow, red, or purple flowers: includes the clovers and trefoils
- true-life — similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.
- turf-like — resembling turf
- ufologist — the study of unidentified flying objects.
- ultrafine — extremely small or delicate
- undefiled — not damaged or sullied
- undutiful — performing the duties expected or required of one; characterized by doing one's duty: a dutiful citizen; a dutiful child.
- unfailing — not failing; not giving way; not falling short of expectation; completely dependable: an unfailing friend.
- unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- unfixable — to repair; mend.
- unfoolish — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- unfurling — to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
- unfussily — in an unfussy manner