9-letter words containing l, i, u
- film buff — a connoisseur of or expert on cinema and films
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- filovirus — any of several filamentous, single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Filoviridae, defined by their unique appearance and reproductive strategies, as the Ebola and Marburg viruses.
- final cut — the final edited version of a film, approved by the director and producer.
- 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.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flip-spur — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- flouncing — a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
- flour bin — a small container for flour
- flourishy — containing flourishes; fancy; like a flourish in nature
- flue pipe — an organ pipe having a flue.
- fluffiest — Superlative form of fluffy.
- fluidised — Simple past tense and past participle of fluidise.
- fluidized — Simple past tense and past participle of fluidize.
- fluidizer — to make (something) fluid.
- fluidlike — Resembling a fluid.
- 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.
- 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.
- flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flutelike — Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music.
- fluviatic — living or growing in streams
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- fonticuli — fontanelles
- formulaic — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- formulise — formulate.
- formulism — adherence to or reliance on formulas.
- formulize — formulate.
- 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.
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- frightful — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
- frivilous — Misspelling of frivolous.
- frivolous — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.