8-letter words containing f, a, i, r
- faucaria — any succulent plant of the genus Faucaria, comprising several species native to southern Africa and having solitary yellow or white flowers.
- faultier — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- favoring — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- favorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- ferriage — conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- feterita — a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- fibranne — viscose rayon made from spun yarn.
- fibratus — (of a cloud) hairlike or striated in composition.
- fibrilla — a fibril.
- fibromas — Plural form of fibroma.
- figeater — green June beetle.
- figurant — a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- figurate — Forming a figure.
- filagree — filigree.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariae — Plural form of filaria.
- filarial — belonging to the genus Filaria and allied genera of the family Filariidae.
- filariid — of or relating to filariae.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- filature — the act of forming into threads.
- filecard — a card of a size suitable for filing, typically 3 × 5 inches (7.62 × 12.7 cm) or 4 × 6 inches (10.16 × 15.24 cm).
- filmcard — microfiche.
- filmstar — Alternative spelling of film star.
- filtrate — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- fimbriae — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- fimbrial — Of or pertaining to the fimbriae.
- finagler — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- financer — (finance) An entity that provides financing.
- fine art — a visual art considered to have been created primarily for aesthetic purposes and judged for its beauty and meaningfulness, specifically, painting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, graphics, and architecture.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- finestra — an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- finnmark — the markka of Finland.
- firdausi — (Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan) 932–1020, Persian poet.
- fire ant — any of several omnivorous ants, as the migrant Solenopsis geminata originating in tropical and subtropical South America, having a sting that produces a burning sensation.
- fire hat — a helmet worn by a firefighter as a defense against falling materials from burning structures.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- firearms — Plural form of firearm.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebrat — a bristletail, Thermobia domestica, that lives in areas around furnaces, boilers, steampipes, etc.
- firecall — A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
- firehall — a fire station
- firemark — a plaque mounted on the outside of a building indicating the insurance company by which that building is insured