9-letter words containing fl
- pantofles — a slipper.
- parfleche — a rawhide that has been dried after having been soaked in a solution of lye and water to remove the hair.
- pea rifle — a small rifle
- petaflops — (unit) 10^15 flops or 1000 teraflops. As with flops, the term ends in S in both the singular and plural as the S stands for seconds. The first computer to perform one petaflops was recorded in June 2008. By June 2012 there were 20.
- preflight — occurring or done before a flight: a preflight briefing of the plane's crew.
- profluent — flowing smoothly or abundantly forth.
- proofless — lacking proof
- rafflesia — any stemless, leafless, parasitic plant of the genus Rafflesia, of the Malay Peninsula and Republic of Indonesia, characterized by apetalous flowers, measuring 3 in.–3 feet (8 cm–90 cm) in diameter, that exude a putrid odor: now greatly reduced in number.
- red flash — a red coloration of the lower portion of the sun, occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks to the horizon.
- reflation — restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- reflected — to cast back (light, heat, sound, etc.) from a surface: The mirror reflected the light onto the wall.
- reflecter — a critic or someone who casts reflections or thoughts
- reflector — a person or thing that reflects.
- reflexion — the act of reflecting, as in casting back a light or heat, mirroring, or giving back or showing an image; the state of being reflected in this way.
- reflexive — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- reflowing — an occurrence of flowing again
- refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
- reinflame — to inflame again
- reinflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- renifleur — a person who is sexually aroused or gratified by odors.
- reshuffle — to walk without lifting the feet or with clumsy steps and a shambling gait.
- retroflex — bent backward; exhibiting retroflexion.
- rifle pit — a pit or short trench affording shelter to riflemen in firing at an enemy.
- riflebird — any of several birds of paradise of Australia, having a long bill, dark plumage, and elaborate courtship displays.
- rig floor — The rig floor is the working area on a rig.
- rufflette — any of a variety of window blinds
- safflower — a thistlelike composite plant, Carthamus tinctorius, native to the Old World, having finely toothed leaves and large, orange-red flower heads.
- salt flat — an extensive level tract coated with salt deposits left by evaporation of rising ground water or a temporary body of surface water.
- sand flea — beach flea.
- screw fly — screwworm fly.
- scuffling — to struggle or fight in a rough, confused manner.
- sea-floor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- sedge fly — an angler's name for various caddis flies, notably the grey sedge, the murragh, and the cinnamon sedge
- semifluid — imperfectly fluid; having both fluid and solid characteristics; semiliquid.
- sheaflike — resembling a sheaf
- shelflist — a record of the books and other materials in a library arranged in the order in which the materials are stored on shelves.
- shore fly — any of numerous small black flies of the family Ephydridae, found in damp or marshy locations.
- show flat — a newly-build flat that is decorated and furnished for prospective buyers to view
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- siffleuse — a female professional whistler
- skiffless — without a skiff
- skinflick — film containing much nudity and sex
- skinflint — a mean, niggardly person; miser.
- slip flow — gas flow occurring at hypersonic speeds in which molecular shearing occurs
- slug flow — A slug flow is a condition of a fluidized bed in which large bubbles of gas form, which makes lumps of particles move.
- snake fly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- snowflake — one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
- sootflake — a smudge or speck of soot
- soy flour — finely ground soybeans, most commonly used as an additive to other flours, processed meats, cereals, etc.