7-letter words containing f, a, s
- 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).
- offbase — Alternative form of off base.
- offcast — discarded or rejected; castoff: his offcast suits.
- outfast — to fast longer than
- panfish — any small, freshwater nongame food fish, as a perch or sunfish, usually eaten pan-fried.
- raffish — mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
- raffles — rubbish.
- 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.
- ratfish — a chimaera, Hydrolagus colliei, of the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California, having a ratlike tail.
- refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
- restaff — to staff (a workplace, department, etc) again or replace staff members in
- sackful — the amount a sack will hold.
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- safavid — a member of a dynasty that ruled in Persia from c1500 to 1736.
- saffian — a leather made of goatskin or sheepskin, usually dyed in bright colors.
- saffron — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- safrole — a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 1 0 H 1 0 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- salfern — a European branching plant of the borage family
- salford — a city in Greater Manchester, in N England.
- salsify — a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
- sandfly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sanford — Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska. 16,208 feet (4,940 meters).
- sarafan — a Russian woman's cloak
- sarnoff — David, 1891–1971, U.S. businessman and broadcasting executive, born in Russia.
- satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- saw off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- saw-off — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
- sawfish — a large, elongated ray of the genus Pristis, living along tropical coasts and lowland rivers, with a bladelike snout bearing strong teeth on each side.
- scarfed — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfer — a football fan who is not a hooligan
- scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- schaerf — Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1965, Austrian statesman: president 1957–65.
- sea fan — any of certain anthozoans, especially Gorgonia flabellum, of the West Indies, in which the colony assumes a fanlike form.
- sea fox — thresher (def 2).
- seafolk — the people who sail the sea
- seafood — any fish or shellfish from the sea used for food.
- seaford — a city on SW Long Island, in SE New York.
- seafowl — seabird.
- sealift — a system for transporting persons or cargo by ship, especially in an emergency.
- seawife — a variety of sea fish which is tropical, brightly coloured and has spiny fins
- serfage — a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- sfumato — the subtle and minute gradation of tone and color used to blur or veil the contours of a form in painting.
- shadfly — mayfly (def 1).
- shadoof — a device used in Egypt and other Eastern countries for raising water, especially for irrigation, consisting of a long suspended rod with a bucket at one end and a weight at the other.
- shaffer — Sir Peter. 1926–2016, British dramatist. His plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Equus (1973), Amadeus (1979), and The Gift of the Gorgon (1992)
- shafi'i — one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by al-Shafiʿi.
- shafted — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shafter — a shaft-horse, usually in tandem with another horse, that pulls a cart
- sitfast — a sore on a horse's back caused by rubbing of the saddle
- snaffle — Also called snaffle bit. a bit, usually jointed in the middle and without a curb, with a large ring at each end to which a rein and cheek strap are attached.