9-letter words containing s, t, i, f, l
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- loftiness — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- olfactics — The study of smells and how they are perceived.
- outfields — Plural form of outfield.
- past life — previous incarnation
- pilotfish — a small, marine fish, Naucrates ductor, often swimming with sharks.
- platyfish — any of several small, yellow-gray freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, especially X. variatus, of Mexico: popular in home aquariums, in which the color varies widely.
- postfixal — of or relating to a postfix, having postfixes
- profilist — a person who creates a profile
- rijstafel — an assortment of Indonesian side dishes accompanied by rice
- safelight — a darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- siftingly — by a sifting process
- sinfjotli — the son of Signy by her brother Sigmund.
- skinflint — a mean, niggardly person; miser.
- soft hail — snow pellets.
- soft line — a position or policy, as in politics, that is moderate and flexible.
- soft-bill — any of numerous birds, as thrushes or tanagers, having relatively weak bills suited for eating insects, soft-bodied animals, and fruit rather than hard seeds.
- soft-boil — to boil (an egg) just long enough for the yolk and white to partially solidify, usually three or four minutes.
- spiritful — full of spirit or spiritual
- split off — separate from group
- split-off — the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- stairlift — A stairlift is a device that is fitted to a staircase in a house in order to allow an elderly or sick person to go upstairs.
- strifeful — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- styliform — having the shape of an ancient style; stylar.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfatize — to convert into a sulfate, as by the roasting of ores.
- sutcliffe — Herbert. 1894–1978, English cricketer, who played for Yorkshire; scorer of 149 centuries and 1000 runs in a season 24 times
- tailfirst — with the tail or rear part foremost.
- test film — a short film that serves as an example of a longer work
- thirstful — having or full of thirst; thirsty
- trifocals — glasses with trifocal lenses
- ufologist — the study of unidentified flying objects.
- unstifled — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- up-itself — pretentious or pompous
- welfarist — the set of attitudes and policies characterizing or tending toward the establishment of a welfare state.
- westfield — a city in S Massachusetts.
- wistfully — characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.