8-letter words containing d, f, l, a
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- half-day — the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day.
- half-mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- ladleful — the amount that fills a ladle.
- ladyfied — Simple past tense and past participle of ladyfy.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- laid-off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- landfall — an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landfill — a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
- 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.
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- lead off — most important; principal; leading; first: lead editorial; lead elephant; lead designer.
- lead-off — leading off or beginning: the lead-off item on the agenda.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- 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.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- llandaff — a town in SE Wales, now a suburb of Cardiff; the oldest bishopric in Wales (6th century)
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- 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.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- off-load — to get rid of (something unpleasant or burdensome), as by delegation to another
- offloads — Plural form of offload.
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- radcliff — a city in central Kentucky.
- 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.
- salified — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.