8-letter words containing f, l
- 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.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- firebolt — A missile of fire.
- firecall — A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- firehall — a fire station
- fireless — lacking fire; without a fire.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- fireplug — fire hydrant.
- firepole — A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishbolt — a bolt used for fastening a fishplate to a rail
- fishbowl — a glass bowl for goldfish, snails, etc.
- fishkill — the sudden destruction of large quantities of fish, as by pollution.
- fishless — Without fish.
- fishlike — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- fishline — a line attached to a fishhook used in fishing.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- fitfully — coming, appearing, acting, etc., in fits or by spells; recurring irregularly.
- fittable — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- fivefold — five times as great or as much.
- fizzling — Present participle of fizzle.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flabbily — In a flabby manner.
- flabella — a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- flacking — press agent.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- 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
- flagella — a plural of flagellum.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- flagless — Without a flag.
- flaglike — Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.