8-letter words containing f, e, i
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- effacing — Present participle of efface.
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- efficacy — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
- effierce — to make fierce
- effigies — Plural form of effigy.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effusing — Present participle of effuse.
- effusion — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- eggfruit — the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- encoffin — (transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
- enfierce — to make ferocious
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- enfringe — Alternative form of infringe.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- esterify — (chemistry) (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
- etherify — (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
- exfriend — One who is no longer a friend; a former friend.
- eyelifts — Plural form of eyelift.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- fabulize — To compose or relate fables or fictions.
- facelift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facemail — a computer program which uses an electronically generated face to deliver messages on screen
- facetiae — Pornographic literature.
- facetime — Alternative form of face time.
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facilely — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- 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.
- faineant — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
- 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.
- fainteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'faint'.
- 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.
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- 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.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- fallible — (of persons) liable to err, especially in being deceived or mistaken.
- famacide — a person who destroys another's reputation; a defamer or slanderer.
- 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.