8-letter words containing a, s, f
- faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
- faveolus — a small pit or cavity resembling a cell of a honeycomb; alveola.
- favonius — the ancient Roman personification of the west wind.
- favorous — Favourable, favorable.
- favosite — any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.
- faxbacks — Plural form of faxback.
- fearless — without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- fearsome — causing fear: a fearsome noise.
- feasance — the doing or performing of an act, as of a condition or duty.
- feasible — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feasters — Plural form of feaster.
- feastful — festive, occupied with feasting
- feasting — Present participle of feast.
- feateous — (of people or dress) well-formed, handsome, aesthetically pleasing
- feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- features — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- feebates — Plural form of feebate.
- feedbags — Plural form of feedbag.
- feisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- felafels — Plural form of felafel.
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- feluccas — Plural form of felucca.
- fenestra — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- fermatas — Plural form of fermata.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- fetialis — (in Ancient Rome) a priest who was responsible for the sanctioning of treaties and making declarations of war or peace
- fiancees — Plural form of fiancee.
- fibratus — (of a cloud) hairlike or striated in composition.
- fibromas — Plural form of fibroma.
- fig wasp — a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, that pollinates figs, usually of the Smyrna variety.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- finagles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finagle.
- finalise — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- finalism — the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- finalist — a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- finances — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- finbacks — Plural form of finback.
- finestra — an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- firdausi — (Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan) 932–1020, Persian poet.
- firearms — Plural form of firearm.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.