8-letter words containing l, f, r
- deferral — Deferral means the same as deferment.
- deflater — a person or device that causes deflation
- deflator — (economics) A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.
- deflower — to despoil of beauty, innocence, etc; mar; violate
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- desulfur — to free from sulfur; desulfurize.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- 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.
- enflower — to decorate with flowers
- 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.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- 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.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- 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.
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)
- fall for — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- fan-girl — Sometimes, fangurl. an obsessive female fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices: a web forum for Star Wars fangirls.
- far left — of or relating to the extreme left wing
- farcical — pertaining to or of the nature of farce.
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- farfalle — pasta in the shape of small bow ties with zigzag edges.
- farmable — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farmgirl — A girl or young woman who works on a farm.
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- 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.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- farolito — luminaria.
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- fattrels — a collection of ribbon-ends
- faulkner — William, 1897–1962, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Nobel Prize 1949.
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- fearfull — Archaic form of fearful.
- fearless — without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feel for — to perceive or examine by touch.
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- feldsher — (in Russia) a medical doctor's assistant
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.