8-letter words containing p, f, a, l
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- leaf gap — (in the stele of vascular plants) a break in the tissue of a stem around a leaf trace.
- leapfrog — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- megaflop — A unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.
- mud flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mud-flap — Also called mud flap. splash guard.
- mudflaps — Plural form of mudflap.
- off plan — (of a new building) considered with reference to its plans, before it has been built
- overflap — a protective paper cover for artwork, usually of kraft paper.
- paleface — Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.
- paliform — resembling a stake
- palm off — the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.
- pan loaf — a loaf of bread with a light crust all the way round
- pantofle — a slipper.
- paraffle — an extravagant display
- parafoil — a structure, usually made of a strong yet light fabric, having a shape similar to that of an airplane wing, and used as a kite or a parachute.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- parsifal — (italics) a music drama by Richard Wagner: composed 1877–82; première 1882.
- pascal-f — Pascal extended to include fixed-point arithmetic. E. Nelson, "Pascal-F: Programming Language for Real-Time Automotive Control", IEEE ElectroTechnol. Rev. (USA), 2:39, 1968.
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- petaflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of 1015 floating-point operations a second
- plainful — sad and mournful
- planform — the outline of an object viewed from above.
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
- play off — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-off — (in competitive sports) the playing of an extra game, rounds, innings, etc., in order to settle a tie.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- prankful — full of pranks or mischief, tending to play pranks
- pratfall — a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- prefixal — Grammar. an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.
- preflame — of the period before combustion
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- rap full — (of a sail or sails) filled with wind; clean full.
- spadeful — the amount that can be dug out with or carried on a spade.
- spatfall — a mass of larvae on the sea bed
- teraflop — a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
- trapfall — a trapdoor that opens under the feet
- wolfpack — A family or other group of wild wolves.