8-letter words containing r, l, f
- furfural — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
- furfurol — (erroneously) furfural.
- furlongs — Plural form of furlong.
- furlough — Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- furuncle — boil2 .
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- fusileer — Alternative form of fusilier.
- fusilier — a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- greenfly — an aphid, Coloradoa rufomaculata, that is an important pest of chrysanthemums.
- grenfell — Sir Wilfred Thomason [tom-uh-suh n] /ˈtɒm ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1865–1940, English physician and missionary in Labrador and Newfoundland.
- griefful — (archaic) Expressing or full of grief; painful.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- gruffily — in a gruffy manner
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- half-raw — (of meat) only partially cooked
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- haloform — A compound derived from methane by substituting three hydrogen atoms for halogen atoms, e.g., chloroform.
- harfleur — a port in N France, in Seine-Maritime department: important centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 8602 (2005)
- harmfull — Archaic form of harmful.
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- hellfire — the fire of hell.
- hillfort — a hilltop fortified with ramparts and ditches, dating from the second millennium bc
- hold for — to apply or be relevant to
- 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.
- horsefly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
- hoverfly — Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
- humorful — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hurtfull — Archaic form of hurtful.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infernal — hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
- infilter — To filter or sift in.
- infirmly — In an infirm manner; feebly.
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- irefully — In an ireful manner; angrily; wrathfully.
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.