8-letter words containing a, f, r, o
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- 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.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lavaform — in the form of lava
- 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.
- 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.
- maniform — shaped like a hand.
- mark off — delineate, outline
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- napiform — round at the top and tapering sharply below; turnip-shaped, as a root.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- naviform — Shaped like a boat.
- oak fern — a small woodland fern, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, of northern regions, having triangular, pinnate fronds that slant horizontally.
- off year — a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
- off-ramp — an exit lane for traffic from a turnpike or freeway to a street.
- off-road — designed, built, or used for traveling off public roads, especially on unpaved roads, trails, beaches, or rough terrain: an off-road vehicle.
- off-year — An off-year is a year when no major political elections are held.
- offboard — not carried, installed, etc., within a vehicle or electronic device: offboard software to track and control the robot's movement.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- on draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- over-fat — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- overfall — A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
- overfast — too fast
- overfear — to fear too much
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overleaf — on the other side of the page or sheet.
- pair off — two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together: a pair of gloves; a pair of earrings.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- paraform — a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH) n , from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- part-off — a screen used to divide off part of a room, such as the eating place of a parlour
- parts of — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pass for — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- pinafore — a child's apron, usually large enough to cover the dress and sometimes trimmed with flounces.
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
- porifera — an animal phylum comprising the sponges.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profaner — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- proforma — according to form; as a matter of form; for the sake of form.