8-letter words containing d, a, f
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- 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.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gift aid — a scheme that allows a charity to claim tax exemption on individual charitable donations
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- guffawed — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
- hadfield — Sir Robert Abbott, 1858–1940, English metallurgist and industrialist.
- half-day — the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day.
- half-mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- 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.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- head for — go towards, go to
- head off — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- 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.
- ladleful — the amount that fills a ladle.
- ladyfied — Simple past tense and past participle of ladyfy.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- laid-off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- 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.