8-letter words containing a, f, l, u
- falmouth — a seaport in S Cornwall, in SW England.
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- fanciful — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- faulkner — William, 1897–1962, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Nobel Prize 1949.
- faultful — Full of faults or sins.
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- faultily — In a faulty manner.
- faulting — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- faunlets — Plural form of faunlet.
- fauteuil — French Furniture. an upholstered armchair, especially one with open sides.
- faveolus — a small pit or cavity resembling a cell of a honeycomb; alveola.
- fearfull — Archaic form of fearful.
- feastful — festive, occupied with feasting
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- feluccas — Plural form of felucca.
- feudally — In a feudal manner.
- fiducial — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- 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.
- flag out — to register (a commercial vehicle) in a country other than the one in which it operates, usually in order to take advantage of favourable rates of taxation
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flameout — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flammule — a small flame
- flaneurs — Plural form of flaneur.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flare-up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flat bug — any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.
- flat out — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flat-out — moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out: a flat-out effort by all contestants.
- flatuous — flatulent
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- flaunted — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flaunter — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flautist — flutist.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- flexural — the act of flexing or bending.
- flue gas — the smoke in the uptake of a boiler fire: it consists mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fluxgate — (physics) Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.
- fluxuate — Misspelling of fluctuate.
- formulae — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- formular — Following or relating to a formula; formulaic.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.