5-letter words containing a, f
- furca — A forked appendage or projection in an arthropod, in particular.
- fusan — Pusan.
- gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
- gaffs — Plural form of gaff.
- ganef — a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- graff — (slang) Graffiti.
- graft — 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.
- grefa — griefo.
- hafiz — (Shams ud-din Mohammed) c1320–89? Persian poet.
- hafta — (colloquial) eye dialect of have to Be required to; must.
- hafts — The handle of a knife, ax, or spear.
- hafun — Cape, a promontory in N Somalia, on the Indian Ocean: easternmost point in Africa.
- haifa — a seaport in NW Israel.
- half- — one of two equal parts
- halfe — Archaic spelling of half.
- halfs — (nonstandard) Plural form of half (Alternative form of halves).
- hanif — (Islam) Any person, from before the time of Muhammad, who followed a non-pagan monotheistic religion.
- hoffa — James Riddle [rid-l] /ˈrɪd l/ (Show IPA), ("Jimmy") 1913–75? U.S. labor leader: president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters 1957–71; disappeared 1975.
- idgaf — (Internet slang) I don't give a fuck.
- iftar — (sometimes initial capital letter) the meal that Muslims eat after sunset during Ramadan to break the day’s fast.
- infra — below, especially when used in referring to parts of a text.
- jaffa — a former seaport in W Israel, part of Tel Aviv-Jaffa since 1950: ancient Biblical town.
- kafir — Also called Nuristani. a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan.
- kafka — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1883–1924, Austrian novelist and short-story writer, born in Prague.
- kafre — (Chephren) flourished late 26th century b.c, Egyptian king of the fourth dynasty (son of Cheops): builder of second pyramid at El Giza.
- kafta — Alternative spelling of kofta.
- kafue — a river in S central Africa, flowing SE along the Zaire-Zambia border and then SW and E through Zambia to the Zambezi River above Kariba Lake. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- kalif — a spiritual leader of Islam, claiming succession from Muhammad.
- kenaf — a tropical plant, Hibiscus cannabinus, of the mallow family, yielding a fiber resembling jute.
- kofta — (in Middle Eastern and Indian cooking) a spiced meatball.
- kraft — a strong, usually brown paper processed from wood pulp, used chiefly for bags and as wrapping paper.
- laffs — Plural form of laff.
- lafta — Latin American Free Trade Area, the name before 1981 of the Latin American Integration Association
- leafs — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leafy — having, abounding in, or covered with leaves or foliage: the leafy woods.
- lifar — Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifia — Laboratoire d'Informatique Fondamentale et d'Intelligence Artificielle.
- loafs — to idle away time: He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
- loofa — Also called dishcloth gourd, rag gourd. any of several tropical vines of the genus Luffa, of the gourd family, bearing large, elongated fruit. the fruit of such a vine.
- luffa — loofah.
- mafia — a hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in smuggling, racketeering, trafficking in narcotics, and other criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.
- mafic — of or relating to rocks rich in dark, ferromagnesian minerals. Compare basic (def 4), ultramafic.
- mafoo — In China, someone who looks after horses in a stable; a groom. (from 19th c.).
- maqaf — (Hebrew typography) The Hebrew script hyphen (־).
- musaf — the religious service celebrated by Jews in addition to and immediately after the morning service on the Sabbath and festivals.
- naafi — Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- nafta — North American Free Trade Agreement.
- nafud — Nefud Desert.
- naifs — Plural form of naif.
- najaf — a city in central Iraq: holy city of the Shiʿites; shrine contains tomb of Ali (a.d. c600–661), founder of the Shiʿite sect.