8-letter words containing f, a, c, e
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- headfuck — an experience that is wildly exciting or impressive
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- laceleaf — a submerged aquatic plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis, of Madagascar, having tiny white flowers and broad leaves consisting only of veins that float just beneath the surface.
- life car — a watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore.
- lifecare — the long-term care of the health and welfare of someone, esp an elderly person within a residential community
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifehack — Informal. a tip, trick, or efficient method for doing or managing a day-to-day task or activity; a hack: a lifehack for overcoming social anxiety; a computer programmer's best lifehacks.
- malefice — a wicked deed or enchantment
- moonface — a round and full face
- new face — Someone who is new in a particular public role can be referred to as a new face.
- old face — a type style that originated in the 18th century, characterized by little contrast between thick and thin strokes
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- pacified — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
- pacifier — a person or thing that pacifies.
- paleface — Slang. a white person, as distinguished from a North American Indian.
- peaceful — characterized by peace; free from war, strife, commotion, violence, or disorder: a peaceful reign; a peaceful demonstration.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- perfecta — exacta.
- po-faced — having an overly serious demeanor or attitude; humorless.
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- praefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- race off — to entice (a person) away with a view to seduction
- race-fit — (of a person, animal, etc) fit or suitable for racing
- raft ice — ice in cakes or sheets overlapping or piled on top of one another.
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- repacify — to pacify again
- rockface — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- scan-edf — (storage, algorithm) A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard disk. The playback of a video impose tight real-time constraints but if the server retrieves data once every second for each video channel, Scan-EDF can be applied, reducing the seek overhead.
- scarface — a 1983 cult gangster film written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian de Palma, and starring Al Pacino.
- sea calf — harbor seal.
- seacraft — the skills and knowledge of a sailor
- surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- trifecta — a type of bet, especially on horse races, in which the bettor must select the first three finishers in exact order.
- typeface — face (defs 19b, c).
- wheyface — a face that or a person who is pallid, as from fear.