8-letter words containing f, l, a, t
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- 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.
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- ghastful — frightful.
- giftable — suitable for a gift.
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- 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.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- l'enfant — ˈPierre Charles (ˈpjɛʀ ʃaʀl) ; pyer shȧrlˈ) 1754-1825; Fr. engineer & architect who served in the Am. Revolutionary army & drew up plans for Washington, D.C.
- lactific — yielding milk
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leaf fat — a layer of fat that surrounds the kidneys, especially of a hog.
- leaf tea — tea sold in the form of leaves, rather than in tea bags
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leaflets — Plural form of leaflet.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- 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.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- 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
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.