8-letter words containing s, a, l
- escalope — A thin slice of meat without any bone, typically a special cut of veal from the leg that is coated, fried, and served in a sauce.
- escarole — An endive of a variety with broad undivided leaves and a slightly bitter flavor, used in salads.
- eschalot — Archaic form of shallot.
- eschewal — The act of eschewing.
- escolars — Plural form of escolar.
- escorial — a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
- escurial — Escorial
- espalier — A fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branches are trained to grow flat against a wall, supported on a lattice or a framework of stakes.
- especial — Better or greater than usual; special.
- espousal — An act of adopting or supporting a cause, belief, or way of life.
- euglenas — Plural form of euglena.
- eusocial — (biology) Of or pertaining to certain social animals' societies (such as those of ants) in which sterile individuals work for reproductive individuals.
- evangels — Plural form of evangel.
- evasible — That can be evaded.
- everlast — (intransitive) To last always or forever; continue; endure; remain.
- exalters — Plural form of exalter.
- examples — Plural form of example.
- exclaims — Plural form of exclaim.
- exclaves — Plural form of exclave.
- exosolar — Outside Earth's solar system.
- explains — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explain.
- explants — Plural form of explant.
- eyeballs — Plural form of eyeball.
- eyeglass — A single lens for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, especially a monocle.
- eyestalk — A movable stalk that bears an eye near its tip, especially in crabs, shrimps, and related crustaceans, and in some mollusks.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- faceless — without a face: a faceless apparition.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- faesulae — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany near Florence: Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 14 085 (2001)
- failings — Plural form of failing.
- failsafe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- faisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- falafels — Plural form of falafel.
- faliscan — a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.
- fallfish — a large minnow, Semotilus corporalis, of eastern North America.
- falloffs — Plural form of falloff.
- fallouts — Plural form of fallout.
- falsetto — an unnaturally or artificially high-pitched voice or register, especially in a man.
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- falstaff — Sir John, the jovial, fat knight of brazen assurance and few scruples in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
- fameless — widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- familism — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- familist — the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family: Familism characterized the patriarchal family.
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fangless — Without fangs.
- fantails — Plural form of fantail.