8-letter words containing f, l, o
- fallouts — Plural form of fallout.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- falmouth — a seaport in S Cornwall, in SW England.
- falsetto — an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- faltboat — a small boat having a collapsible wooden frame covered with waterproof cloth or plastic.
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fanagalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- fanakalo — a lingua franca based on English, Afrikaans, Xhosa, and Zulu, used especially in the mines of South Africa.
- farnesol — a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- farolito — luminaria.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- favelado — a person who lives in a favela.
- faveolus — a small pit or cavity resembling a cell of a honeycomb; alveola.
- fecaloid — like or resembling feces.
- fecolith — A calcified fecal deposit.
- feedhole — a small opening through which something passes, for instance a cable
- feedlots — Plural form of feedlot.
- feel for — to perceive or examine by touch.
- feel out — to perceive or examine by touch.
- feelgood — Informal. intended to make one happy or satisfied: a feel-good movie; feel-good politics.
- fellatio — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellator — to perform fellatio on.
- fellowly — sociable or friendly.
- felonies — Plural form of felony.
- felonous — wicked, evil; of the character of a felon
- fetlocks — Plural form of fetlock.
- fetology — a field of medicine involving the study, diagnosis, and treatment of the fetus.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- filiform — threadlike; filamentous.
- filioque — (theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (and the son) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
- filipino — a native or inhabitant of the Philippines.
- fill out — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- fillmore — Millard [mil-erd] /ˈmɪl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1800–74, 13th president of the United States 1850–53.
- filmgoer — a person who attends motion-picture showings.
- fipronil — A broad-spectrum insecticide that disrupts the insect's central nervous system.
- firbolgs — any member of the pre-Celtic inhabitants of Ireland who were defeated by the Tuatha De Danann.
- firebolt — A missile of fire.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- firepole — A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fivefold — five times as great or as much.
- flag out — to register (a commercial vehicle) in a country other than the one in which it operates, usually in order to take advantage of favourable rates of taxation
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- flameout — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.