8-letter words containing f, i, n, a, l
- flanning — Architecture. the splay of a sconcheon.
- flapping — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- flatline — (of a person) die.
- flatling — in a flat position; with the flat side, as of a sword.
- flatting — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- fleaking — (UK, dialect, obsolete) A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatched houses.
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- foilsman — a person who fences with a foil.
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gaffling — to take hold of; seize.
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- haffling — Present participle of haffle.
- halafian — of or belonging to the Neolithic culture chiefly of northern Syria, dating to the fifth millennium b.c. and characterized by adobe dwellings and polychrome pottery decorated with animal designs and geometric patterns.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- 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
- landfill — a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- nailfile — a small file of metal or cardboard, for trimming, smoothing, or shaping the fingernails and sometimes having a point for removing dirt from under them.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- nonfinal — not final or decisive
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- plainful — sad and mournful
- raffling — a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.