8-letter words containing a, f, i, l
- finalize — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- findable — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- fineable — subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- firecall — A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- firehall — a fire station
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- fittable — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flabbily — In a flabby manner.
- flacking — press agent.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- flaglike — Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flailing — an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- flamingo — any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.
- flamming — a deception or trick.
- flanerie — idleness; dawdling.
- flanging — (music) a time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
- flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- flanning — Architecture. the splay of a sconcheon.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- flatline — (of a person) die.
- flatling — in a flat position; with the flat side, as of a sword.
- flatpick — a plectrum
- flatting — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flautist — flutist.
- flax kit — a basket woven from flax fibres
- fleabite — the bite of a flea.
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.