9-letter words containing l, o, f, t
- float off — to offer (shares in a subsidiary company) for sale on the stock market separately from the main company
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- flock dot — a pattern of dots or figures that are not woven but attached to cloth with adhesive.
- flood out — If people, places, or things are flooded out, the water from a flood makes it impossible for people to stay in that place or to use that thing.
- floodgate — Civil Engineering. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.
- floodtide — the tide when it has risen from low to high water
- floptical — Denoting or relating to a type of floppy-disk drive using a laser to position the read-write head.
- florettes — a small flower.
- floriated — made of or decorated with floral ornamentation: floriated design; floriated china.
- floridity — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- florist's — a shop where flowers and house plants are sold
- floristic — pertaining to flowers or a flora.
- floristry — The art of creating flower arrangements.
- florulent — (obsolete) Flowery; blossoming.
- flossiest — Superlative form of flossy.
- flotation — an act or state of floating.
- flotillas — Plural form of flotilla.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowerets — Plural form of floweret.
- flowerlet — a small flower; floret.
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flowmeter — an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.
- flowstone — a layered deposit of calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , left by thin sheets of flowing water, as in a cave.
- flue stop — a rank of flue pipes in an organ.
- flunk out — to fail in a course or examination.
- fluorated — (chemistry) Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
- fluorotic — Relating to fluorosis.
- flush out — run liquid through to clean
- fly front — a flap of material down one side of the front opening of a garment to conceal buttons, fasteners, or the like, as on a coat or dress.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- foetology — fetology.
- fog light — an automobile headlight throwing light of a color intended to diminish the effect of fog, dust, etc., in the air.
- foldboats — Plural form of foldboat.
- foliation — the act or process of putting forth leaves.
- foliature — a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- foliolate — pertaining to or consisting of leaflets (often used in combination, as bifoliolate).
- folk tale — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- folketing — the unicameral parliament of Denmark.
- folkright — a law or right of the people as opposed to that of the privileged classes.
- folktales — a tale or legend originating and traditional among a people or folk, especially one forming part of the oral tradition of the common people.
- fomalhaut — a star of the first magnitude and the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- fontanels — Plural form of fontanel.
- fonticuli — fontanelles
- fontology — (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR
- foot line — Printing. a line at the bottom of a page of type, especially a black line or a line containing the folio.
- foot rail — a stretcher connecting the legs of a piece of furniture, as a chair or table, upon which the feet may be rested.
- foot rule — a ruler one foot (30.48 cm) in length.
- footballs — Plural form of football.
- footcloth — a carpet or rug.
- footfalls — Plural form of footfall.