8-letter words containing n, o, l, f
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- honeyful — full of honey
- horn fly — a small bloodsucking fly, Haematobia irritans, that is a pest, especially of cattle.
- hornfels — a dark, fine-grained metamorphic rock, the result of recrystallization of siliceous or argillaceous sediments by contact metamorphism.
- in flood — If a river is in flood, it is flowing over its banks because it has more water in it than normal.
- in folio — in the form or size of a folio
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- infolded — Simple past tense and past participle of infold.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- kinfolks — Plural form of kinfolk.
- kinsfolk — Alternative spelling of kinfolk.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- leontief — Wassily [vah-see-lee] /vɑˈsi li/ (Show IPA), 1906–1999, U.S. economist, born in Russia: Nobel Prize 1973.
- lifelong — lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life: lifelong regret.
- lionfish — a brightly striped scorpionfish of the genus Pterois, especially P. volitans, of the Indo-Pacific region, having long, flamboyant, venomous spiny fins.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- long-off — a fielding position on the off side near the boundary almost directly behind the bowler
- longford — a county in Leinster, in the N Republic of Ireland. 403 sq. mi. (1044 sq. km). County seat: Longford.
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- matfelon — knapweed
- monofuel — a fuel that is made up of a single constituent and has nothing added to it
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- moufflon — Alternative spelling of mouflon.
- mouflons — Plural form of mouflon.
- mournful — Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- ninefold — nine times as great or as much.
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- noiseful — characterized by loud noise; noisy
- non-fuel — combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- nonfatal — causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- nonfinal — not final or decisive
- nonfluid — a substance that is not a fluid
- nonfocal — Not focal.
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- not half — Half is sometimes used in negative statements, with a positive meaning, to emphasize a particular fact or quality. For example, if you say 'he isn't half lucky', you mean that he is very lucky.
- o'fallon — a town in SW Illinois.
- off plan — (of a new building) considered with reference to its plans, before it has been built
- off-line — Computers. operating independently of, or disconnected from, an associated computer.
- oil find — the discovery of oil deposits underground or under the sea
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- olefinic — Characteristic of, or containing olefins.
- on-shelf — On-shelf goods are available now and displayed for sale.
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outfling — (intransitive) To fling outward.