8-letter words containing a, f, s
- gaffsail — an iron hook with a handle for landing large fish.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gas lift — Gas lift is a method in which gas is injected into the production tubing (= tubes through which hydrocarbons flow to the surface) to allow liquids to enter the wellbore at a higher flow rate.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
- gasifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasify.
- gasiform — having the form of gas; gaseous.
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- ghastful — frightful.
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- goatfish — any tropical and subtropical marine fish of the family Mullidae, having a pair of long barbels below the mouth.
- grafters — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- handfast — Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hausfrau — a housewife.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- hipflask — Alternative spelling of hip flask.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- infamies — Plural form of infamy.
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- ingrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft.
- isograft — syngraft.
- jackfish — any of several pikes, especially the northern pike.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leafless — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leaflets — Plural form of leaflet.