8-letter words containing a, f, e, r, d
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- folderal — Alternative spelling of folderol.
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- foredate — to antedate.
- foredeal — An advantage; benefit; profit.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- forehead — the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.
- foreyard — a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
- forkhead — the head of an arrow
- formated — Misspelling of formatted.
- frazzled — worn-out; fatigued: a party that left us frazzled.
- fredaine — a prank; a practical joke
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- freedman — a man who has been freed from slavery.
- freehand — drawn or executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, or other aids: a freehand map.
- freeload — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frybread — a Native American fried bread made with wheat or corn flour, often served on special occasions
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- head for — go towards, go to
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- pedalfer — a soil rich in alumina and iron, with few or no carbonates.
- predraft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- prefaded — given a faded or worn look beforehand (as of jeans, etc)
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- rarefied — extremely high or elevated; lofty; exalted: the rarefied atmosphere of a scholarly symposium.
- ratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- red flag — communist symbol
- red-flag — to mark or draw attention to for a particular purpose: The department has red-flagged the most urgent repair work to be done.
- redefeat — to defeat again
- selfward — in the direction of or toward oneself: a selfward-moving gesture.
- surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade