8-letter words containing f, e, a, s
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- funerals — Plural form of funeral.
- fur seal — any of several eared seals, as Callorhinus alascanus, having a plush underfur used in making coats, trimmings, etc.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- fusarole — a type of architectural moulding often found below the echinus or quarter round of a column
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- gabfests — a gathering at which there is a great deal of conversation.
- gadflies — Plural form of gadfly.
- gas fire — A gas fire is a fire that produces heat by burning gas.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasified — Simple past tense and past participle of gasify.
- gasifier — An apparatus used to perform gasification.
- gasifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gasify.
- giraffes — Plural form of giraffe.
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- grafters — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- headfish — ocean sunfish.
- icefalls — Plural form of icefall.
- infamies — Plural form of infamy.
- inflames — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inflame.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leafless — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leaflets — Plural form of leaflet.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifespan — the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- misframe — to frame wrongly
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- off base — serving as or forming a base: The walls will need a base coat and two finishing coats.
- off-base — located outside the perimeters of a military base: off-base housing for officers.
- offstage — off the stage or in the wings; away from the view of the audience (opposed to onstage).
- outfeast — to exceed in feasting
- overfast — too fast
- pauseful — taking many pauses; full of pauses
- postface — any statement or information at the end of a text, the opposite of a preface
- pressfat — a wine vat
- refasten — to fasten again
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- safe sex — sexual activities in which precautions have been taken, as by the use of a condom, to minimize the chances of spreading or contracting a sexually transmitted disease.
- safeness — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- salified — to form into a salt, as by chemical combination.