8-letter words containing l, o, f, t
- footslog — to go on foot through or as if through mud.
- footwall — Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare hanging wall (def 1).
- footwell — a recessed compartment in front of the seats of a vehicle.
- forelift — to lift up in front
- forestal — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- foretell — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- foretold — to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- forklift — Also called forklift truck, fork truck. a small vehicle with two power-operated prongs at the front that can be slid under heavy loads and then raised for moving and stacking materials in warehouses, shipping depots, etc.
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- forstall — Obsolete form of forestall.
- fort lee — a city in NE New Jersey.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- foul out — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- foul tip — a pitched ball that glances off the bat into foul territory, usually near the catcher, ruled a strike if the catcher catches it before it hits the ground, otherwise ruled an ordinary foul ball.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fountful — full of springs or founts
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- fox bolt — an anchor bolt secured by a foxtail wedge forced into its end as it is screwed into a blind hole.
- foxtails — Plural form of foxtail.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontlet — Also, frontal. a decorative band, ribbon, or the like, worn across the forehead: The princess wore a richly bejeweled frontlet.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- full out — with maximum effort or speed
- fullstop — Alt form full stop.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- homefelt — (of an emotion) felt personally or intimately; private; inward
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- jetfoils — Plural form of jetfoil.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- left out — omitted, forgotten
- leftmost — Farthest to the left.
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lift off — Aeronautics, Rocketry. the action of an aircraft in becoming airborne or of a rocket in rising from its launching site under its own power. the instant when such action occurs.
- liftoffs — Plural form of liftoff.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- lockfast — (Scottish) Fastened or secured with a lock.
- loft bed — a bed raised, as on supports, high enough overhead to allow the use of the floor area below for various purposes, as for part of a living room
- loftiest — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loftless — (of a building) not having a loft
- loftlike — Resembling a loft.
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.