8-letter words containing f, e, i, s
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- esterify — (chemistry) (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
- eyelifts — Plural form of eyelift.
- failsafe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fainites — a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game
- fainness — the quality of being willing or eager
- faintest — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fair sex — women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex.
- fair-use — reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- families — a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family. a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for: a single-parent family.
- famished — extremely hungry: to be famished after a hike; famished, homeless multitudes.
- famishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of famish.
- fanciers — Plural form of fancier.
- fanciest — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- fantasie — Obsolete spelling of fantasy.
- fanzines — Plural form of fanzine.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farriers — Plural form of farrier.
- fasciate — bound with a band, fillet, or bandage.
- fascicle — a section of a book or set of books being published in installments as separate pamphlets or volumes.
- fascines — Plural form of fascine.
- fasciole — one of the spine-bearing bands of tubercles found on spatangoid sea-urchins
- fast ice — ice that is frozen to, grounded on, or attached to the bottom of an area covered by shallow water.
- fatigues — weariness from bodily or mental exertion.
- favosite — any of numerous corals of the extinct genus Favosites, most common during the Silurian and Devonian periods, having polygonal cells with rows of pores in the walls.
- feasible — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feasting — Present participle of feast.
- feeblish — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- feedings — Plural form of feeding.
- feelings — the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- feignest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of feign.
- feisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- feistier — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- feistily — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- feisting — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- fellings — Plural form of felling.
- fellside — The side of a fell (upland country).
- felonies — Plural form of felony.
- feminise — Alternative spelling of feminize.
- feminism — the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- feminist — advocating social, political, legal, and economic rights for women equal to those of men.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- ferrites — Plural form of ferrite.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.