9-letter words containing fl
- flagships — Plural form of flagship.
- flagstaff — flagpole.
- flagstick — pin (def 13).
- flagstone — Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- flak ship — a ship heavily armed with anti-aircraft weapons, used to protect other vessels from air attack
- flak suit — a suit of two or more padded armored garments designed to protect the body from shrapnel.
- flake off — become detached in thin pieces
- flake out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flake-out — flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- flakelike — Resembling or characteristic of a flake.
- flakiness — of or like flakes.
- flambeaux — a flaming torch.
- flame gun — a type of flame-thrower for destroying garden weeds
- flame off — flame on
- flame out — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flame red — a bright orange-red colour
- flame war — Computer Slang. a series of angry, critical, or disparaging comments exchanged by two or more people in an ongoing online argument.
- flame-out — the failure of a jet engine due to an interruption of the fuel supply or to faulty combustion.
- flamefish — a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
- flameless — That does not emit flames.
- flamelike — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flamencos — Plural form of flamenco.
- flameouts — Plural form of flameout.
- flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
- flamingos — Plural form of flamingo.
- flaminius — Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), died 217 b.c, Roman statesman and general who was defeated by Hannibal.
- flammable — easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable.
- flamsteed — John, 1646–1719, English astronomer.
- flan ring — See under flan (def 2).
- flangeway — an opening, parallel to a rail, made through platforms, pavements, track structures, etc., to permit passage of wheel flanges.
- flankered — Simple past tense and past participle of flanker.
- flanneled — Covered or wrapped in flannel.
- flannelet — a warm, soft cotton fabric, plain or printed, napped on one side.
- flannelly — made of or resembling flannel.
- flap door — Also called falling door. a door hinged at the bottom so as to fall downward and outward.
- flapjacks — Plural form of flapjack; pancakes.
- flappable — easily upset or confused, especially under stress.
- flaptrack — (in an aircraft wing) a track along which the wing flap runs when it is being deployed
- flareback — a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
- flaringly — In a flaring manner.
- flash gun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flash mob — a group of people mobilized by social media to meet in a public place for the purpose of doing an unusual or entertaining activity of short duration: The flash mob brought wide smiles to the faces of commuters waiting for their train.
- flash rom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash set — undesirably rapid setting of cement in concrete
- flash-fry — to fry something very quickly by placing it in a pan on a very high heat
- flashback — a device in the narrative of a motion picture, novel, etc., by which an event or scene taking place before the present time in the narrative is inserted into the chronological structure of the work.
- flashbang — Alternative form of flash-bang.
- flashbulb — a glass bulb, filled with oxygen and aluminum or zirconium wire or foil, which, when ignited electrically, burns with a brilliant flash to provide momentary illumination of a subject.
- flashcard — a card having words, numerals, or pictures on it, designed for gaining a rapid response from pupils when held up briefly by a teacher, used especially in reading, arithmetic, or vocabulary drills.
- flashcube — a cube, for attaching to a camera, that contains a flashbulb in each vertical side and rotates automatically for taking four flash pictures in succession.