8-letter words containing f, l
- backfall — a fall or throw onto the back
- backfile — the archives of a newspaper or magazine
- backfill — to refill an excavated trench, esp (in archaeology) at the end of an investigation
- backflip — a backwards somersault in mid air with arms and legs extended
- backflow — a reverse flow, the movement (of a liquid) in the opposite direction to its previous, natural or intended direction
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- baffling — impossible to understand; perplexing; bewildering; puzzling
- bailiffs — Plural form of bailiff.
- balafons — Plural form of balafon.
- balefire — a bonfire
- balefull — Archaic form of baleful.
- bandfile — to file with a file band on a band mill or band saw.
- barflies — Plural form of barfly.
- barfmail — (messaging) Multiple bounce messages accumulating to the level of serious annoyance, or worse. The sort of thing that happens when an inter-network mail gateway goes down or misbehaves.
- bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- beefless — not containing beef, without beef
- befallen — to happen or occur.
- beflower — to decorate with flowers
- befouled — to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully: a bird that befouls its own nest.
- befuddle — If something befuddles you, it confuses your mind or thoughts.
- belfried — with a belfry
- bellyful — as much as one wants or can eat
- bemuffle — to muffle, wrap up warmly
- benfleet — a town in SE England, in S Essex on an inlet of the Thames estuary. Pop: 48 539 (2001)
- bergfall — an avalanche
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- billfish — any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
- billfold — A billfold is a small flat folded case, usually made of leather or plastic, where you can keep banknotes and credit cards.
- bird flu — Bird flu is a virus which can be transmitted from chickens, ducks, and other birds to people.
- birdlife — The birdlife in a place is all the birds that live there.
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blameful — deserving blame; guilty
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- blissful — A blissful situation or period of time is one in which you are extremely happy.
- bloodfin — a silvery red-finned South American freshwater fish, Aphyocharax rubripinnis: a popular aquarium fish: family Characidae (characins)
- blow fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.
- blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- blow-fly — any of numerous dipterous insects of the family Calliphoridae that deposit their eggs or larvae on carrion, excrement, etc., or in wounds of living animals.
- blowfish — puffer (sense 2)
- blue flu — a sickout, esp. by policemen
- blue fox — a variety of the arctic fox that has a pale grey winter coat and is bred for its fur
- bluefish — a predatory bluish marine percoid food and game fish, Pomatomus saltatrix, related to the horse mackerel: family Pomatomidae
- bluffing — to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat