8-letter words containing b, n, f
- findable — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- fineable — subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.
- finsbury — former metropolitan borough of EC London, now part of Islington
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fleabane — any of various composite plants, as Pulicaria dysenterica, of Europe, or Erigeron philadelphicus, of the U.S., reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
- flubbing — Present participle of flub.
- flyblown — covered with flyblows: flyblown meat.
- fog bank — a stratum of fog as seen from a distance.
- fogbound — unable to sail or navigate because of heavy fog.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- forborne — past participle of forbear1 .
- freeborn — born free, rather than in slavery, bondage, or vassalage.
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- fumbling — to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- 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.
- fungible — (especially of goods) being of such nature or kind as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind.
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- in brief — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- lobefins — Plural form of lobefin.
- neckbeef — the flesh from the neck of cattle, regarded as being of poor quality
- nubiform — cloud-like
- numbfish — an electric ray, so called from its power of numbing its prey by means of electric shocks.
- snuffbox — a box for holding snuff, especially one small enough to be carried in the pocket.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- unbelief — the state or quality of not believing; incredulity or skepticism, especially in matters of doctrine or religious faith.
- unbereft — not bereft, deprived of, or taken from
- unfabled — not fictitious
- unforbid — unforbidden
- wolfbane — See 'wolfsbane'.