8-letter words containing l, e, f
- diolefin — diene.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- disflesh — (obsolete, transitive) To reduce the flesh or obesity of.
- dog flea — any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- dolefull — Obsolete spelling of doleful.
- dollface — a person having a smooth, unblemished complexion and small, regular features.
- dot file — (operating system, convention) A Unix application program configuration file. On Unix, files named with a leading dot are not normally shown in directory listings. Many programs define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory. Dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the user really being aware of it. Common examples are .profile, .cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan, .rhosts, .sig, .xsession. See also profile, rc file.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- earflaps — Plural form of earflap.
- effetely — In an effete manner.
- effluent — flowing out or forth.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effluxes — Plural form of efflux.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- elflocks — A tangled mass of hair.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- enfeeble — Make weak or feeble.
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- enflower — to decorate with flowers
- enfolded — Simple past tense and past participle of enfold.
- engulfed — (of a natural force) Sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely.
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- evenfall — Dusk, twilight.
- eventful — Marked by interesting or exciting events.
- eyelifts — Plural form of eyelift.
- f1 layer — the highest of the radio-reflective ionospheric layers, beginning at an altitude of about 80 miles (130 km) and consisting of two parts, the lower part (F layer) being detectable in the daytime only, the higher (F layer or Appleton layer) being constant and constituting the ionospheric layer most favorable for long-range radio communication.
- f2 layer — the highest of the radio-reflective ionospheric layers, beginning at an altitude of about 80 miles (130 km) and consisting of two parts, the lower part (F layer) being detectable in the daytime only, the higher (F layer or Appleton layer) being constant and constituting the ionospheric layer most favorable for long-range radio communication.
- fabulate — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fabulize — To compose or relate fables or fictions.
- faceable — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- faceless — without a face: a faceless apparition.
- facelift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facemail — a computer program which uses an electronically generated face to deliver messages on screen
- facepalm — the gesture of placing the palm of one's hand across the face, as to express embarrassment, frustration, disbelief, etc. (often used as an interjection): She read the post and comments and did a facepalm. Okay, that was dumb—facepalm!
- facilely — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- faesulae — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany near Florence: Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 14 085 (2001)
- 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.
- falafels — Plural form of falafel.
- 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.
- falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- falderol — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- faldetta — a hooded cape worn by Maltese women