8-letter words containing e, f, l, o
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hog fuel — wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- honeyful — full of honey
- hopefull — Archaic form of hopeful.
- hopefuls — Plural form of hopeful.
- hopfield — a field in which hops are grown
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- horsefly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- housefly — a medium-sized, gray-striped fly, Musca domestica, common around human habitations in nearly all parts of the world.
- houseful — as many as a house will accommodate: a houseful of weekend guests.
- hoverfly — Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
- ice floe — a large flat mass of floating ice.
- infolded — Simple past tense and past participle of infold.
- jetfoils — Plural form of jetfoil.
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- lagerlof — Selma (Ottiliana Lovisa) [sel-mah awt-ti-lee-ah-nah loo-vi-sah] /ˈsɛl mɑ ˌɔt tɪ liˈɑ nɑ ˈlu vɪˌsɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1940, Swedish novelist and poet: Nobel Prize 1909.
- 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.
- leaflove — An African bulbul that frequents dense thickets, with mainly drab brown plumage and a loud bubbling call.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- left out — omitted, forgotten
- leftmost — Farthest to the left.
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- 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.
- lifeform — Any specific living organism.
- lifehold — Land held by a life estate.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- lifesome — (poetic) animated; gay; lively; sprightly.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- live off — survive on, be supported by
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- loeffler — Charles Martin Tornov [tawr-nof] /ˈtɔr nɒf/ (Show IPA), 1861–1935, U.S. violinist and composer, born in France.
- loft bed — a bed raised, as on supports, high enough overhead to allow the use of the floor area below for various purposes, as for part of a living room
- loftiest — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loftless — (of a building) not having a loft
- 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
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- lovefest — (informal) An effusive exchange of good will.
- 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.