8-letter words containing a, f, u
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flare-up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flat bug — any of numerous flattened bugs of the family Aradidae, inhabiting the underside of bark and feeding on fungi.
- flat out — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flat-out — moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out: a flat-out effort by all contestants.
- flatuous — flatulent
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- flaunted — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flaunter — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flautist — flutist.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- flexural — the act of flexing or bending.
- flue gas — the smoke in the uptake of a boiler fire: it consists mainly of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen
- fluorian — (geology) containing fluorine.
- fluxgate — (physics) Any of several devices that use soft iron cores surrounded by coils of wire that generate a pattern of induced currents when it moves relative to an external magnetic field.
- fluxuate — Misspelling of fluctuate.
- formulae — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
- formular — Following or relating to a formula; formulaic.
- formulas — (informal) Plural form of formula.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- fougasse — a type of bread made with olive oil
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- fourplay — Quad play.
- frabjous — wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
- fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- frame up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- frame-up — a fraudulent incrimination of an innocent person.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- fraudful — Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; fraudulent.
- fraughts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fraught.
- fraulein — an unmarried woman.
- frautage — cargo
- freakout — A frightening or disorientating experience, especially one that results from the use of a hallucinogenic drug.
- frenular — of or relating to a fraenum
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- fuchsias — Plural form of fuchsia.
- fuck all — Fuck all is used to mean 'nothing at all'.
- fuckhead — a stupid or obnoxious person.
- 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.