8-letter words containing f, l
- facially — of the face: facial expression.
- facilely — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- faesulae — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany near Florence: Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 14 085 (2001)
- fahlband — (geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
- failback — failover
- failings — Plural form of failing.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- failsafe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- faisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- faithful — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- falafels — Plural form of falafel.
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- falderol — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- faldetta — a hooded cape worn by Maltese women
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)
- faliscan — a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.
- falkland — of or relating to the Falkland Islands
- fall for — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall guy — an easy victim.
- fall off — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall out — an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- fallback — an act or instance of falling back.
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
- fallible — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- fallibly — In a fallible manner.
- falloffs — Plural form of falloff.
- fallouts — Plural form of fallout.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- fallujah — a town in central Iraq, about 60 km west of Baghdad; a centre of resistance against the US-led invasion (2003) of Iraq; captured by Islamic State in 2014. Pop: 223 000 (2005 est)
- 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.
- falstaff — Sir John, the jovial, fat knight of brazen assurance and few scruples in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
- faltboat — a small boat having a collapsible wooden frame covered with waterproof cloth or plastic.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fameless — widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
- familial — of, relating to, or characteristic of a family: familial ties.
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- familism — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.