7-letter words containing a, f
- airsoft — A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a compressed-air gun.
- al fine — to the end
- al kufa — Kufa.
- alewife — a North American fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, similar to the herring Clupea harengus: family Clupeidae (herrings)
- alfalfa — Alfalfa is a plant that is used for feeding farm animals. The shoots that develop from its seeds are sometimes eaten as a vegetable.
- alfaqui — an expert or teacher in Muslim law
- alferez — (in Spain) a military officer who carries the flag during ceremonies
- alfheim — the domain of elves.
- alfieri — Count Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet, noted for his classical tragedies and political satires
- alfisol — a fertile soil of humid regions that occurs worldwide, especially where native broadleaf forests were established, and is highly productive for agriculture.
- alfonso — 1886–1941, king of Spain 1886–1930.
- alforja — a saddlebag made of leather or canvas
- alfreda — a feminine name
- alfredo — (of food) cooked with a sauce made of cheese, cream, and eggs
- algific — Producing cold; covered in ice.
- aliform — wing-shaped; alar
- all for — If you say that you are all for doing something, you agree or strongly believe that it should be done, but you are also often suggesting that other people disagree with you or that there are practical difficulties.
- aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
- altdorf — a town in central Switzerland, capital of Uri canton: setting of the William Tell legend. Pop: 8541 (2000)
- amp off — (jargon) (Purdue) To run in background. From the Unix shell "&" (ampersand) operator.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- anglify — to Anglicize
- antefix — a carved ornament at the eaves of a roof to hide the joint between the tiles
- antifat — counteracting the formation of fat; fat-reducing
- antiflu — acting against influenza
- antifog — acting to prevent the condensation of moisture, esp on transparent surfaces
- antifur — opposed to the wearing of fur garments
- aquafer — Alternative form of aquifer.
- aquafit — a series of aerobic exercises done in water
- aquifer — In geology, an aquifer is an area of rock underneath the surface of the earth which absorbs and holds water.
- arcform — noting a type of cargo-ship construction in which the sides have the form of arcs so drawn that the greatest breadth is at load waterline, the purpose being to promote the flow of water to the propeller with an easy bilge and without loss of capacity.
- archfoe — Archenemy.
- armfuls — Plural form of armful.
- artform — Alternative spelling of art form.
- artfull — Obsolete spelling of artful.
- artifex — (programming, tool) A CASE environment from ARTIS of Turin for the development of large event-driven distributed systems. It has code-generation and rapid prototyping features.
- as from — (in expressions of time) from
- ashfall — the ash that falls as a deposit from the eruption of a volcano
- ashford — a market town in SE England, in central Kent. Pop: 58 936 (2001)
- ask for — to try to obtain by requesting
- au fait — If you are au fait with something, you are familiar with it and know about it.
- au fond — fundamentally; essentially
- aufgabe — a task or an assignment
- ausform — to temper or deform steel in order to make it stronger and more durable
- aviform — shaped like a bird
- awfully — in an unpleasant, bad, or reprehensible manner
- back of — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- backfit — to retrofit, overhaul, esp an industrial plant
- backoff — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- bad off — If you are bad off, you are in a bad situation.