9-letter words containing fl
- flautists — Plural form of flautist.
- flavanols — Plural form of flavanol.
- flavanone — a chemical compound, C15H12O2, derived from flavone
- flavonoid — flavonoid.
- flavonols — Plural form of flavonol.
- flavorful — full of flavor; tasty.
- flavoring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- flavorist — a person whose job is to blend natural and artificial ingredients to create the taste and smell of a specific food.
- flavorous — full of flavor.
- flavoured — Having a specific taste, often due to the addition of flavouring.
- flavourer — One who or that which flavours.
- flax lily — a large New Zealand plant, Phormium tenax, of the agave family, having showy, red-margined, leathery leaves and dull-red flowers, grown as an ornamental and for the fiber-yielding leaves.
- flaxseeds — Plural form of flaxseed.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- flechette — Military. a small, dartlike metal projectile used as shrapnel in antipersonnel bombs and shells.
- fleckless — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- fledgling — a young bird just fledged.
- fleet car — A car that is bought as one of a number owned and operated by a particular company, e.g. as company cars
- fleetness — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- fleetwood — a fishing port in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 26 841 (2001)
- flenching — Present participle of flench.
- flensburg — a port in N Germany, in Schleswig-Holstein: taken from Denmark by Prussia in 1864; voted to remain German in 1920. Pop: 85 300 (2003 est)
- flerovium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Fl; atomic number: 114.
- flesh fly — any fly of the family Sarcophagidae, comprising species that deposit their eggs or larvae in carrion or in the flesh of living animals.
- flesh out — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
- fleshhood — the state of being in the flesh or having flesh (as opposed to being purely spiritual)
- fleshhook — a hook for use in lifting meat, as from a pot.
- fleshiest — Superlative form of fleshy.
- fleshings — flesh-colored tights.
- fleshless — Without flesh, lacking flesh.
- fleshling — a person whose mind is fixed on fleshly things (usually as opposed to spiritual matters)
- fleshment — the state of being stimulated, as by a successful first attempt at something.
- fleshpots — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- fleshworm — a flesh-eating worm, specifically the parasitic larva of any member of the genus Sarcophagidae
- fletchers — Plural form of fletcher.
- fletching — the feathers on an arrow, which stabilize it during flight.
- fleurette — a female given name.
- flevoland — a province of the central Netherlands, created in 1986 on land reclaimed from the IJsselmeer (formerly the Zuiderzee); entirely below sea level. Capital: Lelystad. Pop: 352 000 (2003 est). Area: 1420 sq km (548 sq miles)
- flex-cash — flexdollars.
- flex-fuel — relating to cars or engines that can run on more than one type of fuel, usually petrol and ethanol
- flex-wing — a collapsible fabric delta wing, as used with hang-gliders
- flexatone — A modern percussion instrument consisting of a small flexible metal sheet suspended in a wire frame ending in a handle.
- flexibles — Plural form of flexible.
- flexional — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- flexitime — a system of working that allows an employee to choose, within limits, the hours for starting and leaving work each day.
- flextimer — a person who works flexitime
- flickable — able to be flicked
- flickered — Simple past tense and past participle of flicker.
- flightier — Comparative form of flighty.
- flightily — In a flighty manner.