8-letter words containing i, l, n
- flacking — press agent.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- flailing — an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- flamingo — any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.
- flamming — a deception or trick.
- flanerie — idleness; dawdling.
- flanging — (music) a time-based audio effect produced when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
- flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- 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.
- flecking — a speck; a small bit: a fleck of dirt.
- flection — the act of bending.
- fledging — to bring up (a young bird) until it is able to fly.
- fleecing — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- fleering — Present participle of fleer.
- fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- flemming — Walther [vahl-tuh r] /ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1843–1905, German cell biologist.
- fleshing — Present participle of flesh.
- flexions — the act of bending.
- flick-on — a manoeuvre in which a player receives an incoming pass and flicks it on with a gentle header or kick to another player.
- flicking — Present participle of flick.
- flinched — to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- flincher — One who flinches.
- flinches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flinch.
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- flingers — Plural form of flinger.
- flinging — to throw, cast, or hurl with force or violence: to fling a stone.
- flinkite — a greenish brown transparent mineral of the anhydrous phosphate group, with chemical formula Mn2+2Mn3+(AsO4)(OH)4
- flintier — Comparative form of flinty.
- flintify — to turn to flint
- flintily — In a flinty manner.
- flinting — a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- flintoff — Andrew. born 1977, English cricketer; an all-rounder, he played 79 test matches for England (1998–2009)
- flippant — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- flipping — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
- flirting — to court triflingly or act amorously without serious intentions; play at love; coquet.
- flit gun — a handheld, pump action sprayer for liquid insecticide.
- flittern — the bark of a young oak tree
- flitting — to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower.
- floating — being buoyed up on water or other liquid.
- floccing — Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- flocking — a lock or tuft of wool, hair, cotton, etc.
- flogging — to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.