8-letter words containing f, a, i, l
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- 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.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- ill fame — bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- infaunal — the aggregate of animals that burrow into and live in the bottom deposits of an ocean, river, or lake.
- infernal — hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- keflavik — a town in SW Iceland, on the S shore of Faxa Bay: site of international airport.
- khalifah — Dated form of caliph.
- lactific — yielding milk
- 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.
- landfill — a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- liftback — hatchback.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread