8-letter words containing a, f, r, i
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fixators — Plural form of fixator.
- fixature — anything that holds an object in place, whether by physical or chemical means
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flanerie — idleness; dawdling.
- flatiron — a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- florican — any of various smaller species of bustards.
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fly rail — Furniture. a horizontally swinging bracket for supporting a drop leaf.
- 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.
- for gain — If you do something for gain, you do it in order to get some advantage or profit for yourself, and for no other reason.
- foraging — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- foramina — an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- foresail — the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- forfairn — worn out
- forhaile — to distress
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- formalin — a clear, colorless, aqueous solution of 40 percent formaldehyde.
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- fractile — (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- fracting — Alternative form of fracking.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fragging — to kill, wound, or assault (especially an unpopular or overzealous superior) with a fragmentation grenade.
- frailero — an armchair of the Renaissance, having a leather seat and a leather back stretched between plain wooden members and having a broad front stretcher.
- frailest — Superlative form of frail.
- frailish — reasonably frail
- frakking — Present participle of frak.
- framekit — (language) A frame language.
- framings — Plural form of framing.
- francais — (borrowed) The French language.
- francaix — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1912–1997, French composer.
- francine — a female given name, form of Frances.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- francize — to force to adopt French customs and the French language.
- franking — The action of franking a letter or parcel.
- frankish — of or relating to the Franks.
- franklin — Aretha [uh-ree-thuh] /əˈri θə/ (Show IPA), born 1942, U.S. singer.
- frapping — to bind or wrap tightly with ropes or chains.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.