8-letter words containing f, a
- bashfull — Archaic form of bashful.
- basified — Simple past tense and past participle of basify.
- basifier — anything that makes something alkaline
- basinful — As much as a basin will hold.
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- beakfish — Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
- bear off — (of a vessel) to avoid hitting an obstacle, another vessel, etc, by swerving onto a different course
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bedeafen — to deafen
- bedframe — the framework of a bed
- beef tea — a drink made by boiling pieces of lean beef: often given to invalids to stimulate the appetite
- beefcake — Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- befallen — to happen or occur.
- benefact — to be a benefactor to
- bergfall — an avalanche
- bid fair — to seem probable
- bifacial — having two faces or surfaces
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- birdfarm — a place where birds are kept
- blackfin — a type of tuna, Thunnus atlanticus
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blameful — deserving blame; guilty
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- boldface — (of type) having this weight
- bonafide — made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
- boniface — Saint, original name Wynfrith. ?680–?755 ad, Anglo-Saxon missionary: archbishop of Mainz (746–755). Feast day: June 5
- boofhead — a stupid person
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- box calf — black calfskin leather, tanned with chromium salts, having a pattern of fine creases formed by boarding
- bradford — an industrial city in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire: a centre of the woollen industry from the 14th century and of the worsted trade from the 18th century; university (1966). Pop: 293 717 (2001)
- brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.
- branford — a town in S Connecticut.
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buffable — able to be buffed
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- busulfan — a drug used to treat cancer
- café bar — A café bar is a café where you can also buy alcoholic drinks.
- cafe car — a railroad car, part of which is used as a diner and part as a lounge, smoker, etc.
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- caffeine — Caffeine is a chemical substance found in coffee, tea, and cocoa, which affects your brain and body and makes you more active.