8-letter words containing f, a, l, g
- fleabags — Plural form of fleabag.
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- flexagon — a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
- floatage — an act of floating.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- floorage — floor space.
- flue gas — the smoke in the uptake of a boiler fire: it consists mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen
- fluxgate — (physics) Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.
- fly page — banner
- fog lamp — a powerful light for use in foggy conditions, usually positioned low down on the front or rear of a road vehicle
- foliaged — Having foliage.
- foliages — Plural form of foliage.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fulgural — of or relating to lightning
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gaffling — to take hold of; seize.
- gaffsail — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- galofalo — modern name of Charybdis.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- gap-fill — In language teaching, a gap-fill test is an exercise in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with the missing word or a suitable word.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- 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
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- ghastful — frightful.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- golf bag — a bag, usually made of canvas, for carrying golf clubs and golf balls.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- gonfalon — a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- goofball — an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful