8-letter words containing f, a, r, d
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- faceward — Toward the face.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- 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.
- falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- falderol — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- 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.
- fathered — a male parent.
- 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.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- featured — made a feature or highlight; given prominence: a featured article; a featured actor.
- federacy — a confederacy.
- federals — Plural form of federal.
- federate — federated; allied.
- feedyard — an area where cattle are kept and fed when being fattened for market
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- feldspar — any of a group of minerals, principally aluminosilicates of potassium, sodium, and calcium, characterized by two cleavages at nearly right angles: one of the most important constituents of igneous rocks.
- ferndale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- filander — a former name for the pademelon, a small wallaby of the genus Thylogale
- filariid — of or relating to filariae.
- 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.
- finedraw — (transitive) To sew up so finely that the seam is not visible; to renter.
- firdausi — (Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan) 932–1020, Persian poet.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- flancard — a piece of armour covering a horse's flank
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- folderal — Alternative spelling of folderol.
- fordable — a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading.
- foredate — to antedate.
- foredeal — An advantage; benefit; profit.
- forehand — (in tennis, squash, etc.) of, relating to, or noting a stroke made from the same side of the body as that of the hand holding the racket, paddle, etc. Compare backhand (def 5).
- forehead — the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- foreland — a cape, headland, or promontory.
- foresaid — aforementioned; aforesaid.
- foreward — (obsolete) An advance group; the vanguard.