8-letter words containing a, f, e
- guffawed — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- half-lie — something that a person says or writes that they know to be partly untrue
- half-pie — poorly planned or conceived
- halfbeak — any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw.
- halflife — Alternative spelling of half-life.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- handfeed — Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Compare self-feed.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- harfleur — a port in N France, in Seine-Maritime department: important centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 8602 (2005)
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- hayfever — Alternative spelling of hay fever.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- head for — go towards, go to
- head off — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- hexafoil — a pattern with six lobes around a regular hexagon
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- ill fame — bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.
- infamies — Plural form of infamy.
- infamize — to make infamous
- inferiae — (in Roman religion) offerings made to the spirits of the dead, often propitiatory in nature
- infernal — hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
- infinate — Misspelling of infinite.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- 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.
- ipatieff — Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels
- jalfrezi — A style of curry made with onion, tomato and capsicum given added heat by the addition of green chillis.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- kaffiyeh — an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
- kalewife — a female vegetable or cabbage seller
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.