8-letter words containing w, f, l
- flowrate — The flowrate is the speed at which fluid in a pipe moves, or the speed at which it moves from a reservoir into a wellbore.
- fluework — the flue stops of an organ collectively
- fly swat — fly swatter.
- flyblown — covered with flyblows: flyblown meat.
- flyblows — the eggs or young larvae of a blowfly, deposited on meat, paper, etc
- flywheel — a heavy disk or wheel rotating on a shaft so that its momentum gives almost uniform rotational speed to the shaft and to all connected machinery.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- followed — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- follower — a person or thing that follows.
- followup — the act of following.
- footwall — Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare hanging wall (def 1).
- footwell — a recessed compartment in front of the seats of a vehicle.
- forewall — The foremost outer wall of a fortification.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- freewill — made or done freely or of one's own accord; voluntary: a freewill contribution to a political fund.
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- fuelwood — any wood used as a fuel; firewood
- furbelow — a ruffle or flounce, as on a woman's skirt or petticoat.
- gamefowl — A gamebird.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- gulf war — a conflict (Jan.–Feb. 1991) between Iraq and the United States and its allies to expel Iraq from Kuwait.
- gulfweed — a coarse, olive-brown, branching seaweed, Sargassum bacciferum, common in the Gulf Stream and tropical American seas, characterized by numerous berrylike air vessels.
- half-raw — (of meat) only partially cooked
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- lawfully — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- leafworm — A caterpillar that eats the leaves of plants.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- leftwing — Alternative spelling of left-wing.
- lifework — the complete or principal work, labor, or task of a lifetime.
- low life — People sometimes use low life to refer in a disapproving way to people who are involved in criminal, dishonest, or immoral activities, or to these activities.
- low-life — a despicable person, especially a degenerate or immoral person.
- lowlifes — Plural form of lowlife.
- moorfowl — the red grouse.
- new left — (sometimes lowercase) a radical leftist political movement active especially during the 1960s and 1970s, composed largely of college students and young intellectuals whose goals included racial equality, de-escalation of the arms race, nonintervention in foreign affairs, and other major changes in the political, economic, social, and educational systems.
- new life — fresh start, reinvented existence
- outflows — Plural form of outflow.
- overflow — to flow or run over, as rivers or water: After the thaw, the river overflows and causes great damage.
- powerful — physically strong, as a person: a large, powerful athlete.
- red wolf — a small, reddish-gray American wolf, Canis rufus, similar to the coyote: once abundant in the southeastern U.S., it is now near extinction in the wild.
- reflower — to flower again
- scofflaw — a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed.
- sea wolf — any of several large, voracious, marine fishes, as the wolffish or sea bass.
- self-sow — to sow or propagate itself naturally from seeds that have been dropped.
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.