7-letter words containing f, a, r, i
- framing — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- francia — José Gaspar Rodríguez de [haw-se gahs-pahr raw-th ree-ges th e] /hɔˈsɛ gɑsˈpɑr rɔˈðri gɛs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), ("El Supremo") 1766–1840, Paraguayan political leader: dictator 1814–40.
- francie — a female given name, form of Frances.
- francis — Francis I (def 2).
- franion — a paramour; a lover
- frankie — a male given name, form of Frank.
- frannie — a female given name, form of Frances.
- frantic — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- fraying — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- frazier — E(dward) Franklin, 1894–1962, U.S. sociologist.
- freesia — any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- friable — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
- friably — In a friable manner; weakly.
- friarly — of or relating to friars.
- fridays — on Fridays: We're paid Fridays.
- friedan — Betty (Naomi Goldstein) [gohld-steen] /ˈgoʊld stin/ (Show IPA), 1921–2006, U.S. women's-rights leader and writer.
- frigate — a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- frisian — of or relating to Friesland, its inhabitants, or their language.
- fumaria — Plural form of fumarium.
- fumaric — of or derived from fumaric acid.
- funfair — an amusement park.
- garfish — gar1 .
- giraffe — a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal.
- gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- indraft — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- infarct — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infract — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).
- ingraft — engraft.
- insofar — to such an extent (usually followed by as): I will do the work insofar as I am able.
- israfil — the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.
- kaffirs — Plural form of kaffir.
- leafier — Comparative form of leafy.
- manifer — a gauntlet for protecting the left hand when holding the reins of a horse.
- mayfair — a fashionable neighborhood in London, England, E of Hyde Park.
- misfare — to get on or fare badly
- no fair — not according to the rules
- oarfish — any long, ribbon-shaped, silvery fish of the genus Regalecus, of deep tropical waters, having a red dorsal fin along the spine that rises to a crest, and reaching a length of 30 feet (9 meters).
- off air — operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air: an air drill; an air pump.
- off-air — not broadcast, but said, played, or happening in a radio or television studio context.
- parfait — a dessert of ice cream and fruit or ice cream and syrup in alternate layers, often topped with whipped cream and served in a tall, narrow, short-stemmed glass.
- raffiné — refined; cultivated
- raffish — mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
- rafting — a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials: an inflatable rubber raft.
- ragfish — a deep-sea fish of the family Icosteidae, inhabiting the North Pacific, having a very flexible body owing to its soft, highly cartilaginous skeleton.
- ratafia — a sweet liqueur made from wine or grape juice combined with brandy or other spirits and often flavored with almonds, fruit, or fruit kernels.
- ratfink — fink (defs 3, 4).
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.
- reaffix — to affix (something) again
- refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- refugia — an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.