8-letter words containing a, s, f
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fishtank — a glass-sided tank for keeping, displaying, or observing live fish or other aquatic animals.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fistiana — the sport or world of boxing: one of fistiana's most colorful characters.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- fixators — Plural form of fixator.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagless — Without a flag.
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
- flagstad — Kirsten Marie [kur-stuh n muh-ree;; Norwegian khish-tuh n mah-ree-uh,, khir-stuh n] /ˈkɜr stən məˈri;; Norwegian ˈxɪʃ tən mɑˈri ə,, ˈxɪr stən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1962, Norwegian operatic soprano.
- flamings — Plural form of flaming.
- 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.
- flaneurs — Plural form of flaneur.
- flankers — Plural form of flanker.
- flannels — Plural form of flannel.
- flapless — not having a flap or flaps
- flappers — something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- flash on — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flashers — Plural form of flasher.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- flashing — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flashmob — Alternative spelling of flash mob.
- flat-saw — plain-saw.
- flatbeds — Plural form of flatbed.
- flatcars — Plural form of flatcar.
- flatfish — any fish of the order Heterosomata (Pleuronectiformes), including the halibut, sole, flounder, etc., having a greatly compressed body and swimming on one side, with both eyes on the upper side in the adult.
- flatlets — Plural form of flatlet.
- flatness — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flattens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flatten.
- flatters — Plural form of flatter.
- flattest — Superlative form of flat.
- flattish — somewhat flat.
- flattops — Plural form of flattop.
- flatuous — flatulent
- flatwash — an area of solid colour, whether in artwork or scenery
- flatways — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flatwise — with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.
- flautist — flutist.
- flavours — Plural form of flavour.
- flawless — having no defects or faults, especially none that diminish the value of something: a flawless Ming Dynasty vase.
- flaxseed — the seed of flax, yielding linseed oil; linseed.
- flaysome — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.