8-letter words containing d, a, f
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- driftway — A common road or path for driving cattle.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- dry-farm — to engage in dryland farming.
- duckface — Informal. a facial expression in which the lips are pressed together and pushed forward, especially in a photograph.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- facadism — the principle or practice of preserving the fronts of buildings that have elegant architectural designs; the construction of a modern building behind its old or original front.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- facetted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- faceward — Toward the face.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- fade out — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fade-out — an act or instance of fading.
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- fadeless — not fading or diminishing; unfading.
- fahlband — (geology) A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- faizabad — a city in E Uttar Pradesh, in N India: the ancient site Ayodhya, sacred to the Hindus, is nearby.
- falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- falderol — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- faldetta — a hooded cape worn by Maltese women
- falkland — of or relating to the Falkland Islands
- falshood — Obsolete spelling of falsehood.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- fandango — a lively Spanish or Spanish-American dance in triple time, performed by a man and woman playing castanets.
- fanegada — a unit of land measure in Spanish-speaking countries varying from 1.25 to 1.75 acres (0.5 to 0.7 hectare).
- 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).
- 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.
- farmyard — a yard or enclosure surrounded by or connected with farm buildings.
- farrowed — Simple past tense and past participle of farrow.
- fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
- fastened — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fat body — a diffuse tissue of insects, having numerous functions including food storage, metabolism, and storage of wastes and in some insects modified as a light-producing organ.
- fatheads — Plural form of fathead.
- fathered — a male parent.
- fathomed — a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 meters): used chiefly in nautical measurements. Abbreviation: fath.
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fattened — Simple past tense and past participle of fatten fatted.
- fauchard — a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.