8-letter words containing la
- falkland — of or relating to the Falkland Islands
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- fasciola — (anatomy) A band of grey matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution.
- fat lamb — a lamb bred for its tender meat, esp for export trade
- favelado — a person who lives in a favela.
- felafels — Plural form of felafel.
- fellable — capable of being or fit to be felled.
- fellahin — a native peasant or laborer in Egypt, Syria, etc.
- fellated — to perform fellatio on.
- fellatio — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellator — to perform fellatio on.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- fibrilla — a fibril.
- filagree — filigree.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariae — Plural form of filaria.
- filarial — belonging to the genus Filaria and allied genera of the family Filariidae.
- filariid — of or relating to filariae.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- fillable — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- filmland — filmdom.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flabbily — In a flabby manner.
- flabella — a fan, especially one used in religious ceremonies.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- flacking — press agent.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- flag out — to register (a commercial vehicle) in a country other than the one in which it operates, usually in order to take advantage of favourable rates of taxation
- flagella — a plural of flagellum.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- flagless — Without a flag.
- flaglike — Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flagstad — Kirsten Marie [kur-stuh n muh-ree;; Norwegian khish-tuh n mah-ree-uh,, khir-stuh n] /ˈkɜr stən məˈri;; Norwegian ˈxɪʃ tən mɑˈri ə,, ˈxɪr stən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flailing — an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- flakelet — a small flake, as of snow.
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flambeed — Also, flambéed [flahm-beyd] /flɑmˈbeɪd/ (Show IPA). (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy: steak flambé.
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.