8-letter words containing f, e, t, l
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- sufflate — to inflate.
- sulfuret — Chemistry. a sulfide.
- swiftlet — any of several swifts of the genus Collocalia, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, certain species of which use saliva to construct nests, which are used in making bird's-nest soup.
- tableful — the number of persons that can be seated at a table.
- taffarel — taffrail.
- tafferel — taffrail.
- tafilelt — an oasis in SE Morocco, about 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km).
- talkfest — a lengthy conversation, discussion, or debate.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- tea leaf — dried leaf of the tea plant
- tefillin — either of two small, boxlike leather cases holding slips inscribed with certain Scriptural passages, fastened, using leather thongs, one to the forehead and the other to the arm, by Orthodox or Conservative Jewish men during weekday morning prayer: see Deut. 6:4-9
- telefilm — a motion picture intended primarily to be shown on television.
- telefoto — telephoto.
- tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- ten-fold — comprising ten parts or members.
- tent fly — fly1 (def 22).
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- test-fly — to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) for the evaluation of performance.
- the fall — Adam's sin of disobedience and the state of innate sinfulness ensuing from this for himself and all mankind
- the flag — (in Victoria, Australia) the Australian Rules premiership
- the flat — flat racing, esp as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling
- the flop — the first three community cards dealt face-up in a round of any of several varieties of poker, including Texas hold 'em
- the gulf — the Persian Gulf or the surrounding region
- the life — prostitution as a trade
- the self — that which is essential to an individual, esp the mind or soul in Cartesian metaphysics; the ego
- themself — Themself is sometimes used instead of 'themselves' when it clearly refers to a singular subject. Some people consider this use to be incorrect.
- tilefish — a large, brilliantly colored food fish, Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps, of deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean.
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade
- triflers — an article or thing of very little value.
- tube fly — an artificial fly with the body tied on a hollow tube that can slide up the leader when a fish takes
- tule fog — dense ground fog that occurs in low-lying areas of the Central Valley of California.
- turfless — without any turf
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- unfelted — not felted
- unfluted — fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes.
- unlifted — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- uplifted — improved, as in mood or spirit.
- uplifter — a person or thing that uplifts.
- wasteful — given to or characterized by useless consumption or expenditure: wasteful methods; a wasteful way of life.
- whitefly — any of several plant-sucking, homopterous insects of the family Aleyrodidae, having the body and wings dusted with a white, powdery wax, and being widely distributed chiefly in tropical regions where they are often serious crop pests, as Dialeurodes citri (citrus whitefly) commonly occurring on citrus trees, and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (greenhouse whitefly) inhabiting greenhouses.