8-letter words containing f, a, r
- 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
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fixators — Plural form of fixator.
- fixature — anything that holds an object in place, whether by physical or chemical means
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- flagrant — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.