9-letter words containing n, a, f
- flattened — Made flat by something.
- flattener — to make flat.
- flatulent — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
- flauntier — Comparative form of flaunty.
- flaunting — Present participle of flaunt.
- flavanols — Plural form of flavanol.
- flavanone — a chemical compound, C15H12O2, derived from flavone
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavonols — Plural form of flavonol.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flevoland — a province of the central Netherlands, created in 1986 on land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer (formerly the Zuiderzee); entirely below sea level. Capital: Lelystad. Pop: 352 000 (2003 est). Area: 1420 sq km (548 sq miles)
- flexatone — A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flinthead — the wood stork, Mycteria americana.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floor pan — a solid bottom, found in some types of automobiles, that adds rigidity to the structure and serves as the base for the seats.
- floorplan — Alternative spelling of floor plan.
- floricane — a plant stem that grows for a year before bearing fruit and flowers, as in the bramble or raspberry.
- floridean — of or relating to members of the botanical genus Florideae (red algae)
- floridian — of or relating to the state of Florida.
- flotation — an act or state of floating.
- fluctuant — fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- flugelman — fugleman.
- fluxional — an act of flowing; a flow or flux.
- foaminess — The state or quality of being foamy.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- foliation — the act or process of putting forth leaves.
- fongafale — the capital of Tuvalu, on Funafuti Island, in the South Pacific Ocean.
- font name — a Christian name; baptismal name; first name.
- fontanels — Plural form of fontanel.
- food bank — an agency, group, or center that collects food and distributes it to the needy.
- foodchain — Alternative spelling of food chain.
- foodgrain — Cereal (grain grown as human food).
- foraminal — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- foraneous — Of or pertaining to a market or forum.
- foreanent — opposite to
- forebrain — Also called prosencephalon. the anterior of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate, or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue including the diencephalon and telencephalon.
- forecabin — the forward cabin on a vessel
- forehands — Plural form of forehand.
- forelands — Plural form of foreland.
- forenamed — named before; mentioned before in the same writing or speech; aforementioned.
- forenames — Plural form of forename.
- foreplane — (nautical, aeronautics) A relatively flat surface located well forward of a vehicle's center of gravity used for stability and, when movable, used for steering and attitude control; common on submarines, also used on surface ships and aircraft.
- foresaken — Misspelling of forsaken.
- foreshank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- forewarns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forewarn.
- forewoman — a woman in charge of a particular department or group of workers.
- form nail — a nail used in building temporary structures, having a stop on its shank to prevent its being driven in all the way and to leave the head free for pulling.
- formating — Misspelling of formatting.
- formation — the act or process of forming or the state of being formed: the formation of ice.