8-letter words containing a, f, l, u
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infaunal — the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- ladleful — the amount that fills a ladle.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- langlauf — the sport of cross-country skiing.
- laughful — full of laughter
- lawfully — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- 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.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- makhlouf — Saint Sharbel [shahr-buh l] /ˈʃɑr bəl/ (Show IPA), 1828–98, Lebanese monk: canonized 1977.
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud flat — the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mufulira — a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mule-fat — a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- nucflash — a report of highest precedence notifying the president, secretary of defense, or their deputies of an accidental or unauthorized nuclear-weapon launch or of a nuclear attack.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- outfalls — Plural form of outfall.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outfloat — to float longer than
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- plainful — sad and mournful
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- stageful — the number of people, or the amount of something, that fills a stage
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- suffixal — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- sufflate — to inflate.
- tableful — the number of persons that can be seated at a table.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade
- unartful — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- unfabled — not fictitious
- unfailed — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.