9-letter words containing f, l
- calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
- calcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calcify.
- calciform — Having the form of calx, chalk or lime.
- calcifuge — any plant that thrives in acid soils but not in lime-rich soils
- calf love — temporary infatuation or love of an adolescent for a member of the opposite sex
- calfdozer — a small bulldozer
- calfskins — Plural form of calfskin.
- calorific — The calorific value of something, or its calorific content, is the number of calories it contains.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- canefield — A field where cane is grown.
- caprifole — honeysuckle
- card file — a collection of cards containing data or records, arranged systematically, as in alphabetical order, in boxes or drawers
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- case file — a file kept on a person who is involved in a medical, legal, or social work investigation
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cauliform — resembling or similar to a caulis
- chainfall — a hand-powered hoist consisting of chains working on the pulley principle, used to lift and manoeuvre large heavy objects
- chairlift — a series of chairs suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, esp skiers, up a mountain
- chalkface — the work or art of teaching in a school, esp classroom teaching as distinct from organizational responsibilities (esp in the phrase at the chalkface)
- chanceful — eventful
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- cheerfull — Archaic form of cheerful.
- cheliform — shaped like a chela; pincer-like
- chiefless — having no ruler or leader
- chiefling — a minor chief
- childfree — having no children; childless, especially by choice.
- chockfull — Alternative form of chock full.
- choiceful — having an inability to make decisive choices
- cine film — photographic film, wound on a spool, usually 8, 16, or 35 millimetres wide, up to several hundred metres long, and having one or two lines of sprocket holes along its length enabling it to be used in a cine camera
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clam-flat — a level stretch of mud, exposed by the tide, where clams burrow.
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- clarifier — A clarifier is a vessel or stage in which remaining suspended solids are separated from a liquid to leave a clear overflow.
- clarifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clarify.
- classific — relating to classification
- claviform — clavate
- claw foot — a foot with claws.
- clear off — If you tell someone to clear off, you are telling them rather rudely to go away.
- cleft lip — a congenital split in the upper lip, often associated with a cleft palate
- cliffhang — (of a serial or film) to end on a note of suspense
- clifflike — resembling a cliff
- cliffside — The side of a cliff.
- clingfilm — Clingfilm is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic that you use to cover food in order to keep it fresh.
- clingfish — any small marine teleost fish of the family Gobiesocidae, having a flattened elongated body with a sucking disc beneath the head for clinging to rocks, etc
- clock off — When you clock off at work, you leave work or put a special card into a device to show what time you left.
- clockface — Alternative spelling of clock face.