8-letter words containing a, n, d, f
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flatland — a region that lacks appreciable topographic relief.
- flaunted — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- folkland — a former type of land tenure
- fondants — Plural form of fondant.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forzando — sforzando
- fredaine — a prank; a practical joke
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- freedman — a man who has been freed from slavery.
- freehand — drawn or executed by hand without guiding instruments, measurements, or other aids: a freehand map.
- 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.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- hand off — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handfast — Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- handfeed — Agriculture. to feed (animals) with apportioned amounts at regular intervals. Compare self-feed.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- intifada — (sometimes initial capital letter) a revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- landfall — an approach to or sighting of land: The ship will make its landfall at noon tomorrow.
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- landfill — a low area of land that is built up from deposits of solid refuse in layers covered by soil.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- llandaff — a town in SE Wales, now a suburb of Cardiff; the oldest bishopric in Wales (6th century)
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- nailfold — the fold of skin at the base of the fingernail
- off hand — If you do not know something off hand, you do not know it without having to ask someone else or look it up in a book.
- on draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- profaned — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sandfish — either of two scaleless fishes of the family Trichodontidae, of the North Pacific, that live in sand or mud.