7-letter words containing f, a
- ferrara — a city in N Italy, near the Po River: medieval university and cathedral.
- ferrari — Enzo (ˈɛntso). 1898–1988, Italian designer and manufacturer of racing cars
- ferraro — Geraldine Anne ("Gerry") 1935–2011, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1978–84; first woman chosen as the vice-presidential nominee of a major political party 1984.
- ferrate — a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- festuca — any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- feudary — a feudal tenant, one who holds the lands of an overlord on condition of fealty
- feydeau — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1862–1921, French dramatist, noted for his farces, esp La Dame de chez Maxim (1899) and Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1908)
- feynman — Richard Phillips, 1918–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1965.
- fiacres — Plural form of fiacre.
- fiancee — a woman engaged to be married.
- fiances — Plural form of fiance.
- fiascos — Plural form of fiasco.
- fibrate — any of a class of drugs used to lower fat levels in the body
- fibroma — a tumor consisting essentially of fibrous tissue.
- fibulae — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibular — Anatomy. the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg, extending from the knee to the ankle.
- fibulas — Plural form of fibula.
- fidayee — A soldier or freedom fighter who is willing to die for their cause.
- fiestas — Plural form of fiesta.
- figleaf — Alternative spelling of fig leaf.
- figural — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
- filacer — (in former times) a legal officer of the British superior courts
- filaree — Any plant of the species of Erodium.
- filaria — any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.
- filasse — any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- filiate — Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock. Compare affiliate (def 5).
- filofax — A Filofax is a type of personal filing system in the form of a small book with pages that can easily be added or removed.
- fimbria — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- fin ray — ray1 (def 9b).
- finable — subject to a fine; punishable by a fine.
- finagle — to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of): He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
- finales — Plural form of finale.
- finalis — the final note in a modal melody
- finally — at the final point or moment; in the end.
- finance — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- finback — any baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera, having a prominent dorsal fin, especially B. physalus, of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts; rorqual: an endangered species.
- findlay — a city in NW Ohio.
- finials — Plural form of finial.
- finical — finicky.
- finland — Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
- finmark — the markka of Finland.
- firable — Capable of being fired (in various senses).
- firbank — (Arthur Annesley) Ronald. 1886–1926, English novelist, whose works include Valmouth (1919), The Flower beneath the Foot (1923), and Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli (1926)
- firearm — a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- fireman — a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- firepan — a metal grate for holding hot coals.
- firmans — Plural form of firman.
- fiscals — Plural form of fiscal.
- fishway — A structure built on or around dams or locks to faciliate the migration of fish.
- fissate — split, divided, with fissures