8-letter words containing e, f, i
- keffiyeh — an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- kelpfish — any of several blennies that are common among kelp. Compare kelp greenling.
- kerchief — a woman's square scarf worn as a covering for the head or sometimes the shoulders.
- kill fee — a fee paid to a freelance writer for material written on assignment but not used
- killfile — (Internet) A kill file.
- kitesurf — To take part in kitesurfing.
- knifejaw — Any of the family Oplegnathidae of perciform marine fish.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- ladyfied — Simple past tense and past participle of ladyfy.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leaflike — Having the form or other qualities of a leaf.
- leftists — Plural form of leftist.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- lexifier — The dominant language of a pidgin or creole that serves as the basis for most of its vocabulary.
- liefling — (South Africa) One held as lief or dear; a darling.
- life car — a watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore.
- life net — a strong net or the like held by firefighters or others to catch persons jumping from a burning building.
- lifebelt — A life preserver in the shape of a belt.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifebuoy — A life preserver, especially one in the shape of a ring.
- lifecare — the long-term care of the health and welfare of someone, esp an elderly person within a residential community
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifeform — Any specific living organism.
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- lifeless — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifelike — resembling or simulating real life: a lifelike portrait.
- lifeline — a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- lifeness — (rare, philosophy) The state or quality of having a life.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- lifesome — (poetic) animated; gay; lively; sprightly.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- lifetime — the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- like fun — something that provides mirth or amusement: A picnic would be fun.
- lintfree — Free of lint.
- live off — survive on, be supported by
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- loftiest — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loftlike — Resembling a loft.
- log file — a file that records all the activity that has occurred on a system
- log fire — a fire on which logs are burned
- low life — People sometimes use low life to refer in a disapproving way to people who are involved in criminal, dishonest, or immoral activities, or to these activities.