8-letter words containing o, r, l, a
- folderal — Alternative spelling of folderol.
- folk art — artistic works, as paintings, sculpture, basketry, and utensils, produced typically in cultural isolation by untrained often anonymous artists or by artisans of varying degrees of skill and marked by such attributes as highly decorative design, bright bold colors, flattened perspective, strong forms in simple arrangements, and immediacy of meaning.
- for real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- for sale — available for purchase
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- foredeal — An advantage; benefit; profit.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- foreplan — to plan in advance
- foreplay — sexual stimulation of one's partner, usually as a prelude to sexual intercourse.
- foresail — the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- forestal — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- forewall — The foremost outer wall of a fortification.
- forhaile — to distress
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- formable — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- formably — formally
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- formally — in a formal manner: The store was formally opened on Tuesday.
- formulae — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- formular — Following or relating to a formula; formulaic.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- forslack — to neglect or be neglectful
- forstall — Obsolete form of forestall.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- fourplay — Quad play.
- foveolar — a small fovea; a very small pit or depression.
- frailero — an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- frampold — bad-tempered; peevish
- freeload — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- galloper — One who gallops.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.