8-letter words containing a, f, u
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- ghastful — frightful.
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- guffawed — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cup — half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter) or 8 tablespoons.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- harfleur — a port in N France, in Seine-Maritime department: important centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 8602 (2005)
- harmfull — Archaic form of harmful.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- haul off — to pull or draw with force; move by drawing; drag: They hauled the boat up onto the beach.
- hausfrau — a housewife.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- 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
- jam puff — a small pastry with fruit jam inside it
- jungfrau — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4166 meters).
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- kefauver — Estes [es-tis] /ˈɛs tɪs/ (Show IPA), 1903–63, U.S. political leader: U.S. senator 1949–63.
- 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.