8-letter words containing a, l, f, r
- overfall — A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- overleaf — on the other side of the page or sheet.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- paraffle — an extravagant display
- 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.
- 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.
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- 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
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- radcliff — a city in central Kentucky.
- raffling — a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
- rainfall — a fall or shower of rain.
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red-flag — to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.
- reefable — (of a sail) able to be reefed
- referral — an act of referring; the state of being referred.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- rockfall — an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- 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.
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- seafloor — the solid surface underlying a sea or an ocean.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- taffarel — taffrail.
- tafferel — taffrail.
- taffrail — the upper part of the stern of a ship.
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade
- trapfall — a trapdoor that opens under the feet
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- unartful — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- unfairly — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unflared — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- unifilar — having or involving only one thread, wire, or the like.
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- wellfare — Obsolete form of welfare.
- wrackful — ruinous.
- wrathful — very angry; ireful; full of wrath: They trembled before the wrathful queen.
- wreakful — (obsolete) Vengeful; angry, furious.