8-letter words containing a, f, u
- clafouti — a tart made of fruit, especially cherries, baked in a thick, sweet batter.
- clubface — the face of a golf club
- crateful — (informal) As much as a crate would hold.
- dandruff — Dandruff is small white pieces of dead skin in someone's hair, or fallen from someone's hair.
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- duckface — Informal. a facial expression in which the lips are pressed together and pushed forward, especially in a photograph.
- ear tuft — a tuft of long feathers above the eyes of some owls and other birds that becomes erect when the bird is excited or afraid but is not used in hearing.
- earmuffs — A pair of soft fabric coverings, connected by a band across the top of the head, that are worn over the ears to protect them from cold or noise.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- fabliaux — Plural form of fabliau.
- fabulate — to tell invented stories; create fables or stories filled with fantasy.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- fabulize — To compose or relate fables or fictions.
- fabulous — almost impossible to believe; incredible.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- face out — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factotum — a person, as a handyman or servant, employed to do all kinds of work around the house.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- fade out — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fade-out — an act or instance of fading.
- faesulae — a town in central Italy, in Tuscany near Florence: Etruscan and Roman remains. Pop: 14 085 (2001)
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fair-use — reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- faithful — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fake out — to deceive or outmaneuver as by a feint, bluff, or deceptive act
- fake-out — prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
- fall guy — an easy victim.
- fall out — an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- fallouts — Plural form of fallout.
- fallujah — a town in central Iraq, about 60 km west of Baghdad; a centre of resistance against the US-led invasion (2003) of Iraq; captured by Islamic State in 2014. Pop: 223 000 (2005 est)
- falmouth — a seaport in S Cornwall, in SW England.
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fan club — a club enthusiastically devoted to a movie star or other celebrity or to a sports team.
- fanciful — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- farm out — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farouche — fierce.
- farouk i — 1920–65, last king of Egypt (1936–52). He was forced to abdicate (1952)
- farquhar — George, 1678–1707, English playwright, born in Ireland.
- farragut — David Glasgow, 1801–70, U.S. admiral: won the battles of New Orleans and Mobile Bay for the Union in the U.S. Civil War.
- fascinum — An ivory phallus used in certain ancient erotic rites.