8-letter words containing a, f, m, i
- filmable — noting or pertaining to a story or to a literary work readily adaptable to motion picture form.
- filmcard — microfiche.
- filmland — filmdom.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- fimbriae — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- fimbrial — Of or pertaining to the fimbriae.
- finalism — the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- finnmark — the markka of Finland.
- firearms — Plural form of firearm.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firemark — a plaque mounted on the outside of a building indicating the insurance company by which that building is insured
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- flamingo — any of several aquatic birds of the family Phoenicopteridae, having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.
- flamming — a deception or trick.
- flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- foamiest — Superlative form of foamy.
- foilsman — a person who fences with a foil.
- fomorian — one of a race of pirates or sea demons who raided and pillaged Ireland but were finally defeated: sometimes associated with the hostile powers of nature.
- foramina — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- framekit — (language) A frame language.
- framings — Plural form of framing.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- frimaire — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the third month of the year, extending from November 21 to December 20.
- fujiyama — a dormant volcano in central Japan, on Honshu island: highest mountain in Japan. 12,395 feet (3778 meters).
- fumarium — A smoke chamber used in Ancient Rome to enhance the flavor of wine.
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- fusarium — any fungus of the genus Fusarium, occurring primarily in temperate regions and causing a variety of diseases in plants and animals, producing in humans a loss of fingernails and sometimes blindness.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- ill fame — bad reputation, especially in sexual matters.
- infamies — Plural form of infamy.
- infamize — to make infamous
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflamer — (usually, figuratively) Something that inflames.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- knifeman — A knifeman is someone who has attacked or killed someone with a knife.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- madefied — Simple past tense and past participle of madefy.
- mafeking — a town in N Republic of South Africa: former administrative seat of Bechuanaland; besieged for 217 days by Boers 1899–1900.
- mafikeng — a town in N South Africa: besieged by the Boers for 217 days (1899–1900) during the second Boer War: administrative headquarters of the British protectorate of Bechuanaland until 1965, although outside its borders. Pop: 23 650 (2001)
- magnific — magnificent; imposing.
- makefile — Alternative spelling of make file.