8-letter words containing a, f
- fanfaron — a braggart.
- fangless — Without fangs.
- fanglike — Resembling a fang.
- fanlight — a window over a door or another window, especially one having the form of a semicircle or of half an ellipse.
- fantails — Plural form of fantail.
- fantasia — Music. a composition in fanciful or irregular form or style. a potpourri of well-known airs arranged with interludes and florid embellishments.
- fantasie — Obsolete spelling of fantasy.
- fantasts — Plural form of fantast.
- fantoosh — pretentious; ostentatious
- fanzines — Plural form of fanzine.
- faq list — frequently asked question
- far east — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far from — not at all
- far gone — departed; left.
- far left — of or relating to the extreme left wing
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- far-gone — remote.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradism — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- farcical — pertaining to or of the nature of farce.
- fare war — a period of intense competition among airlines, characterized by repeated fare reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc
- farebeat — to illegally avoid paying a fare, as by entering a public bus through the exit door.
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- farfalle — pasta in the shape of small bow ties with zigzag edges.
- farfetch — (obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farm out — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farmable — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- farmette — (US, informal) A small farm.
- farmgirl — A girl or young woman who works on a farm.
- farmhand — a person who works on a farm, especially a hired worker; hired hand.
- farmland — land under cultivation or capable of being cultivated: to protect valuable farmland from erosion.
- farmwife — the wife of a farmer
- farmwork — The agricultural work done on a farm.
- farmyard — a yard or enclosure surrounded by or connected with farm buildings.
- farnesol — a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- farolito — luminaria.
- 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.
- farragos — Plural form of farrago.
- 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.
- farriers — Plural form of farrier.
- farriery — the art, work, or establishment of a farrier
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- farsight — The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.