9-letter words containing w, f, l
- flatworms — Plural form of flatworm.
- fleetwood — a fishing port in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 26 841 (2001)
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- flex-wing — a collapsible fabric delta wing, as used with hang-gliders
- floodwall — A man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood.
- floorshow — A set of performances held in a nightclub during the course of an evening.
- flowchart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowerage — the process or state of flowering.
- flowerbed — A part of a garden or park where flowers are grown.
- flowerers — Plural form of flowerer.
- flowerets — Plural form of floweret.
- flowerful — (poetic) flowery, abundant in flowers.
- flowerier — Comparative form of flowery.
- flowerily — In a flowery way.
- flowering — bearing flowers.
- flowerlet — a small flower; floret.
- flowerpot — a container in which to grow and display plants.
- flowingly — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
- flowmeter — an instrument for measuring the flow rate of a fluid in a pipe.
- flowstone — a layered deposit of calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , left by thin sheets of flowing water, as in a cave.
- flushwork — decorative treatment of the surface of an outside wall with flints split to show their smooth black surface, combined with dressed stone to form patterns such as tracery or initials
- flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
- flywheels — Plural form of flywheel.
- flywhisks — Plural form of flywhisk.
- fold-down — designed to be folded out for use and collapsed when not in use: a fold-down tray on the back of an airplane seat; a fold-down trailer for camping.
- follow up — the act of following.
- follow-on — following or evolving as the next logical step: Aircraft manufacturers can expect follow-on sales for spare parts.
- follow-up — the act of following up.
- followers — Plural form of follower.
- following — the act of following.
- followups — the act of following up.
- fool away — a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- footwalls — Plural form of footwall.
- footwells — Plural form of footwell.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- fowl mite — any of various mites parasitic in birds, usually bloodsucking and including the red fowl mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) and the northern fowl mite (Ornithonyssus sylviarum), both pests of poultry
- fowl pest — an acute and usually fatal viral disease of domestic fowl, characterized by refusal to eat, high temperature, and discoloration of the comb and wattles
- free will — free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will.
- freewheel — a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
- freeworld — the nations of the world that function chiefly under democratic and capitalistic systems rather than under totalitarianism or Communism.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- fuel flow — Fuel flow is the movement of oil or gas through delivery pipes.
- full word — (especially in Chinese grammar) a word that has lexical meaning rather than grammatical meaning; a word or morpheme that functions grammatically as a contentive.
- funnelweb — A literate-programming tool by Ross Williams <[email protected]>. It emphasises simplicity and reliability. It provides a macro facility and assists in the production of typeset documentation. It is independent of the input programming language. Posted to comp.sources.unix volume 26 under CopyLeft. Runs on Sun, Vax, Macintosh and IBM PC.
- furbelows — Plural form of furbelow.
- game fowl — a domestic fowl of a breed much used for fighting.
- gene flow — the alteration of the frequencies of alleles of particular genes in a population, resulting from interbreeding with organisms from another population having different frequencies.
- god-awful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- gowpenful — an amount that can be contained in cupped hands
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.