9-letter words containing a, f
- aircrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of aircraft.
- airfields — Plural form of airfield.
- airframes — Plural form of airframe.
- airlifted — Simple past tense and past participle of airlift.
- airlifter — a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.
- al farabi — died a.d. 950, Arab philosopher.
- al fresco — out-of-doors; in the open air: to dine alfresco.
- al-farabi — Mohammed ibn Tarkhan. died 950, Muslim philosopher, physician, and mathematician, of central Asian origin
- al-fustat — a city in N Egypt, near the modern city of Cairo, founded in the 7th century a.d.
- alder fly — any of several dark-colored neuropterous insects of the family Sialidae, the larvae of which are aquatic and predacious on other aquatic insects.
- alfilaria — a geraniaceous plant, Erodium cicutarium, native to Europe, with finely divided leaves and small pink or purplish flowers. It is widely naturalized in North America and is used as fodder
- alfileria — Alt form alfilaria.
- alfonso i — (Alfonso Henriques) 1109?–85, first king of Portugal 1139–85.
- alfonso v — 1432–81, king of Portugal 1438–81.
- alfonso x — ("Alfonso the Wise") 1221–84, king of Castile 1252–84.
- all found — with everything provided, such as food, electricity, heating and laundry, at no additional cost
- all fours — both the arms and legs of a person or all the legs of a quadruped (esp in the phrase on all fours)
- all-fired — excessive; extreme
- allograft — a tissue graft from a donor genetically unrelated to the recipient
- allow for — If you allow for certain problems or expenses, you include some extra time or money in your planning so that you can deal with them if they occur.
- aloofness — the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- alto clef — the clef that establishes middle C as being on the third line of the staff
- amberfish — amberjack.
- amebiform — That resembles an amoeba / ameba.
- amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
- amplifier — An amplifier is an electronic device in a radio or stereo system which causes sounds or signals to get louder.
- amplifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amplify.
- and found — with room and board in addition to wages
- angelfish — any of various small tropical marine percoid fishes of the genus Pomacanthus and related genera, which have a deep flattened brightly coloured body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- angle-off — the angle formed by the line of flight of an aerial target and the line of sight on a gun of an attacking aircraft.
- anglified — (sometimes lowercase) to Anglicize.
- anguiform — shaped like a snake
- antefixes — Plural form of antefix.
- antidraft — opposed to compulsory military service or conscription
- antifraud — acting against fraud
- antigraft — opposed to or designed to reduce corruption
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antitheft — (of a device, campaign, system, etc) designed to prevent theft
- aperitifs — Plural form of aperitif.
- apodiform — (zoology) Belonging to the order Apodiformes, including swifts and hummingbirds.
- apronfuls — Plural form of apronful.
- archfiend — a chief fiend
- areflexia — (pathology) Lack of neuromuscular reflexes. A symptom associated with many neurological disorders.
- areflexic — Lb pathology Exhibiting, or relating to, areflexia.
- artefacts — Plural form of artefact.
- artifacts — Plural form of artifact.
- artifical — Misspelling of artificial.
- artificer — a skilled craftsman
- artifices — Plural form of artifice.