9-letter words containing l, o, i
- fallowing — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- fatty oil — fixed oil.
- favillous — (obsolete) Of or pertaining to ashes.
- fellation — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- felonious — Law. pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony: felonious homicide; felonious intent.
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- fibroline — a yarn made from waste products at cotton factories
- fibrolite — sillimanite.
- fibrously — In a fibrous manner.
- fictional — invented as part of a work of fiction: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.
- fidelismo — Castroism.
- fieldboot — a close-fitting knee-length boot
- fieldvole — a small rodent, Microtus agrestis
- fieldwork — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
- filaceous — composed of threads
- filiation — the fact of being the child of a certain parent.
- film noir — a motion picture with an often grim urban setting, photographed in somber tones and permeated by a feeling of disillusionment, pessimism, and despair.
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- filmgoing — the activity of going to see films
- filmology — (film) A 1950s\u201360s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- filopodia — thin projections extending from the edge of migrating cells
- filoselle — Floss silk, or silk thread resembling this, used in embroidery.
- filoviral — Relating to filoviruses.
- 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.
- fire opal — a red Mexican opal, often with a color play.
- fire-plow — a stick that is rubbed in a wooden groove to produce sparks for igniting a fire.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- fireflood — a procedure designed to extract more oil from a well by injecting compressed air into the ground and burning some of the oil to increase the flow.
- firelocks — Plural form of firelock.
- fish pole — fishing pole.
- fish-pole — a long tapered flexible pole, often in jointed sections, for use with a fishing line and, usually, a reel
- fishbowls — Plural form of fishbowl.
- fissional — Of or pertaining to fission.
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- fistulous — Pathology. pertaining to or resembling a fistula.
- five hole — the opening between a goaltender's parted legs.
- fixed oil — a natural vegetable or animal oil that is nonvolatile, as lard oil, linseed oil, etc.
- flagitous — (archaic) wicked, reprehensible.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flatirons — Plural form of flatiron.
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flintlock — an outmoded gunlock in which a piece of flint striking against steel produces sparks that ignite the priming.
- flip over — turn upside down
- flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
- flipboard — a piece of office equipment consisting of a board to which a flip chart or some other pad can be attached