8-letter words containing f, a, i, s, l
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flautist — flutist.
- fleapits — Plural form of fleapit.
- flokatis — Plural form of flokati.
- foilsman — a person who fences with a foil.
- foliages — Plural form of foliage.
- foresail — the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- foxtails — Plural form of foxtail.
- frailest — Superlative form of frail.
- frailish — reasonably frail
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gaffsail — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- gas lift — Gas lift is a method in which gas is injected into the production tubing (= tubes through which hydrocarbons flow to the surface) to allow liquids to enter the wellbore at a higher flow rate.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- 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.
- wallfish — a snail, Helix pomatia