9-letter words containing t, e, l, i
- extrusile — being thrust or forced out
- face-lift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facelifts — Plural form of facelift.
- faculties — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- fairytale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- faithless — not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
- falsities — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- faltering — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fatigable — susceptible to fatigue.
- faultline — the surface of a fault fracture along which the rocks have been displaced
- febrility — pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
- feliciter — happily; successfully
- fellating — Present participle of fellate.
- fellation — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellatrix — A woman who performs fellatio.
- felt side — the top side of a sheet of paper, the side against the felt rollers during manufacture, normally preferred for printing.
- fernticle — (obsolete, dialect, Scotland) A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.
- fertilely — In a fertile manner.
- fertilise — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- fertility — the state or quality of being fertile.
- fertilize — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- festivals — Plural form of festival.
- festively — pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival: festive decorations; a festive meal.
- feudalist — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- feudality — the state or quality of being feudal.
- feuillant — a member of a club formed in 1791 by Lafayette advocating a limited constitutional monarchy: forced to disband in 1792 as the revolution became more violent and antimonarchical
- feuilleté — puff pastry
- fibrolite — sillimanite.
- fictively — In a fictive manner.
- fidelista — Fidelist.
- fieldboot — a close-fitting knee-length boot
- fieldgate — the site in an oil field where natural gas is separated from crude oil after the latter reaches the surface, for movement through pipelines.
- fightable — able or ready to fight
- filaments — Plural form of filament.
- filatures — Plural form of filature.
- file type — (file format) The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
- filleting — Cookery. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- fillister — a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- film gate — (in motion-picture cameras and projectors) a mechanism that holds the film flat in the focal plane of the lens during exposure or projection.
- filtabyte — (networking, hardware) An Ethernet controller card made by LRT based on the LANCE and SIA. It uses DMA. Its Ethernet address can be changed by software.
- filtering — Present participle of filter.
- filthiest — foul with, characterized by, or having the nature of filth; disgustingly or completely dirty.
- filtrable — filterable.
- filtrated — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- filtrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of filtrate.
- finletter — Thomas Knight, 1893–1980, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- firefloat — a boat used for firefighting
- firelight — the light from a fire, as on a hearth.