8-letter words containing o, u, r, l
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- cry foul — If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.
- curculio — any of various American weevils, esp Conotrachelus nenuphar (plum curculio), a pest of fruit trees
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- delouser — a substance or device which removes lice from something
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- druglord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- drumroll — a roll on a drum.
- emulator — A person or thing that emulates.
- encolour — to give a colour to
- encolure — The neck of a horse.
- euroland — also Eurozone
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flouring — Present participle of flour.
- flourish — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- fluework — the flue stops of an organ collectively
- fluorene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- 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.
- footrule — rigid measure, one foot in length
- forceful — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- 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.
- 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
- fourfold — comprising four parts or members.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- fourplex — quadplex.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- fumarole — a hole in or near a volcano, from which vapor rises.
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- furfurol — (erroneously) furfural.
- furlongs — Plural form of furlong.
- furlough — Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.