9-letter words containing o, f, l, e
- ferhoodle — to confuse or mix up: Don't ferhoodle the things in that drawer.
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- fetlocked — having a fetlock or fetlocks
- fibroline — a yarn made from waste products at cotton factories
- fibrolite — sillimanite.
- 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
- filmgoers — Plural form of filmgoer.
- filoplume — a specialized, hairlike feather having a slender shaft with few or no barbs.
- filoselle — Floss silk, or silk thread resembling this, used in embroidery.
- 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
- fistulose — Formed like a fistula; hollow; reed-like.
- 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.
- flageolet — a small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
- flagpoles — Plural form of flagpole.
- flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- flake off — become detached in thin pieces
- flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flake-out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flame off — flame on
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flashover — Electricity. a disruptive discharge around or over the surface of a solid or liquid insulator.
- flavanone — a chemical compound, C15H12O2, derived from flavone
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flavourer — One who or that which flavours.
- fleetwood — a fishing port in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 26 841 (2001)
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- fleshhood — the state of being in the flesh or having flesh (as opposed to being purely spiritual)
- fleshhook — a hook for use in lifting meat, as from a pot.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- 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.
- flip over — turn upside down
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.