8-letter words containing a, l, i, f
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- mufulira — a city in N central Zambia, on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- nailfile — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- nonfinal — not final or decisive
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- official — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- 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.
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- plainful — sad and mournful
- 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.
- 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.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- sailfish — any of several large scombroid game fishes of the genus Istiophorus, such as I. albicans (Atlantic sailfish), of warm and tropical seas: family Istiophoridae. They have an elongated upper jaw and a long sail-like dorsal fin
- salified — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.
- saltfish — salted cod
- salvific — of or relating to redemptive power.
- sea lift — an operation to move people, troops or goods by sea
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- suffixal — Grammar. an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.
- taffrail — the upper part of the stern of a ship.
- tafilelt — an oasis in SE Morocco, about 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- tail fan — the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion.
- tail fin — a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- tail off — diminish gradually
- trifocal — Optics. having three foci.
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- unfailed — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- unfairly — not fair; not conforming to approved standards, as of justice, honesty, or ethics: an unfair law; an unfair wage policy.
- unfilial — not befitting a son or daughter; violating the customary obligation of a child to a parent.
- unifilar — having or involving only one thread, wire, or the like.
- waffling — to talk foolishly or without purpose; idle away time talking.
- waiflike — Resembling a waif; apparently homeless, starving, etc.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia
- warfield — David, 1866–1951, U.S. actor.
- weariful — full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- windfall — an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
- windflaw — flaw2 (def 1).
- wolffian — Christian von [kris-tee-ahn fuh n] /ˈkrɪs tiˌɑn fən/ (Show IPA), Baron. Also, Wolf. 1679–1754, German philosopher and mathematician.