8-letter words containing a, f, l
- 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.
- befallen — to happen or occur.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- buffable — able to be buffed
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- calcific — forming or causing to form lime or chalk
- calfless — (of a cow) having no calves
- calflike — resembling a calf
- calfskin — Calfskin shoes and clothing are made from the skin of a calf.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- califont — a gas water heater
- call for — If you call for someone, you go to the building where they are, so that you can both go somewhere.
- call off — If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it.
- canfield — a gambling game adapted from a type of patience
- carefull — Obsolete spelling of careful.
- cashflow — Of or pertaining to a cash flow.
- cat flap — opening in door for cat
- cat flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- catalufa — any of several bigeyes, as Pristigenys serrula (popeye catalufa) found in the Pacific Ocean.
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
- cefaclor — a cephalosporin antibiotic, C 15 H 14 ClN 3 O 4 , used in the treatment of infections.
- charmful — highly charming or enchanting
- chearful — Archaic spelling of cheerful.
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
- claw off — to avoid the dangers of (a lee shore or other hazard) by beating