8-letter words containing a, f, s
- forswear — to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- forwards — forward.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fougasse — a type of bread made with olive oil
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- foxtails — Plural form of foxtail.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- frackers — Plural form of fracker.
- fractals — Plural form of fractal.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- fragfest — (computing, gaming) Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.
- frailest — Superlative form of frail.
- frailish — reasonably frail
- framings — Plural form of framing.
- francais — (borrowed) The French language.
- frankest — Superlative form of frank.
- frankish — of or relating to the Franks.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- fraughts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught.
- fravashi — the soul of a dead ancestor.
- frazzles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frazzle.
- freakish — queer; odd; unusual; grotesque: a freakish appearance.
- freebase — to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.
- freegans — Plural form of freegan.
- freesias — Plural form of freesia.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- freshman — a student in the first year of the course at a university, college, or high school.
- fret saw — a long, narrow-bladed saw used to cut ornamental work from thin wood. Compare coping saw.
- friaries — Plural form of friary.
- friesian — horse
- frigates — Plural form of frigate.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fujisawa — a city on E Honshu, in Japan, S of Tokyo.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- funerals — Plural form of funeral.
- fur seal — any of several eared seals, as Callorhinus alascanus, having a plush underfur used in making coats, trimmings, etc.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- 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.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- gabfests — a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.