8-letter words containing l, u, r, i
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluorine — the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- fluorite — a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- flurries — a light, brief shower of snow.
- flurting — Present participle of flurt.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- friskful — frolicsome; lively
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- fruitfly — Alternative spelling of fruit fly.
- fruitful — producing good results; beneficial; profitable: fruitful investigations.
- fruitily — In a fruity way.
- fruitlet — a small fruit, especially one of those forming an aggregate fruit, as the raspberry.
- frumpily — In a frumpy manner.
- fusileer — Alternative form of fusilier.
- fusilier — a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glutaric — Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives.
- griefful — (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
- grubbily — In a grubby manner.
- grueling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- gruffily — in a gruffy manner
- grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- guerilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- guiltier — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- gulliver — (slang) one's head.
- gurgling — to flow in a broken, irregular, noisy current: The water gurgled from the bottle.
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- guyliner — (informal) Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures.
- hauliers — Plural form of haulier.
- hilarius — Saint, died a.d. 468, pope 461–468.
- hourlies — Plural form of hourly.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustre — (obsolete) illustrious.
- impulsor — One who or that which impels; an inciter.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
- impurple — Alternative form of empurple.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- insulter — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
- irefully — In an ireful manner; angrily; wrathfully.