8-letter words containing f, d, r
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- fribbled — Simple past tense and past participle of fribble.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- friedman — Bruce Jay, born 1930, U.S. novelist.
- friended — provided with or accompanied by friends.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frighted — Simple past tense and past participle of fright.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- frizzled — Simple past tense and past participle of frizzle.
- frog pad — a rubber or leather cushion fixed to a leather sole and fitted under a horseshoe to reduce shock to a horse's foot
- frogeyed — (of a person) having a bulging eye or bulging eyes
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frondent — abounding in fronds; leafy
- frondeur — a rebel; rioter.
- frondizi — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–1995, Argentine lawyer and political leader; president of Argentina 1958–62.
- frondose — bearing fronds.
- frontend — Alternative form of front end.
- frounced — Simple past tense and past participle of frounce.
- frowsted — Simple past tense and past participle of frowst.
- frybread — a Native American fried bread made with wheat or corn flour, often served on special occasions
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- fuel rod — nuclear fuel contained in a long thin-walled tube, an array of such tubes forming the core of a nuclear reactor.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
- fuzzword — A term that is deliberately vague or euphemistic in meaning.
- garfield — James Abram, 1831–81, 20th president of the U.S., 1881.
- giraffid — An animal of the family Giraffidae (such as the giraffe and okapi).
- goffered — Simple past tense and past participle of goffer.
- good for — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- head for — go towards, go to
- hereford — one of an English breed of red beef cattle having a white face and white body markings.
- hertford — a city in and the county seat of Hertfordshire, in SE England.
- hold for — to apply or be relevant to
- inferred — to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- infirmed — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- informed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
- iodoform — a yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, CHI 3 , analogous to chloroform, and having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.