8-letter words containing a, f, e
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- keyframe — A single frame in an animation sequence drawn by an artist, between which others are tweened.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- l'enfant — ˈPierre Charles (ˈpjɛʀ ʃaʀl) ; pyer shȧrlˈ) 1754-1825; Fr. engineer & architect who served in the Am. Revolutionary army & drew up plans for Washington, D.C.
- la farge — John, 1835–1910, U.S. painter, stained-glass designer, and writer.
- laceleaf — a submerged aquatic plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis, of Madagascar, having tiny white flowers and broad leaves consisting only of veins that float just beneath the surface.
- ladleful — the amount that fills a ladle.
- ladyfied — Simple past tense and past participle of ladyfy.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- lead off — most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer.
- lead-off — leading off or beginning: the lead-off item on the agenda.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leaf bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- leaf fat — a layer of fat that surrounds the kidneys, especially of a hog.
- leaf gap — (in the stele of vascular plants) a break in the tissue of a stem around a leaf trace.
- leaf tea — tea sold in the form of leaves, rather than in tea bags
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leafless — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leaflets — Plural form of leaflet.
- leaflike — Having the form or other qualities of a leaf.
- leaflove — An African bulbul that frequents dense thickets, with mainly drab brown plumage and a loud bubbling call.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- life car — a watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifecare — the long-term care of the health and welfare of someone, esp an elderly person within a residential community
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- madefied — Simple past tense and past participle of madefy.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- make for — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make off — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- mammifer — (obsolete) mammal.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.