8-letter words containing f, e, m
- femality — Femaleness.
- femerall — a ventilator or smoke outlet in a roof
- femerell — (archaic) The lantern, louvre, or covering placed in the ridge of a hall roof for the purpose of ventilation or letting out the smoke of the fire kindled on a central hearth.
- femicide — the act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise: The rate of femicide where there is drug trafficking is far greater than it is elsewhere.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- feminazi — A radical feminist.
- feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
- 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.
- feminity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- feminize — Make (something) more characteristic of or associated with women.
- fermatas — Plural form of fermata.
- ferments — Plural form of ferment.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- ferrymen — Plural form of ferryman.
- fidelism — Castroism.
- fiefdoms — the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
- figments — Plural form of figment.
- filament — a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril: filaments of gold.
- filename — an identifying name given to an electronically stored computer file, conforming to limitations imposed by the operating system, as in length or restricted choice of characters.
- filiment — Misspelling of filament.
- fillmore — Millard [mil-erd] /ˈmɪl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1800–74, 13th president of the United States 1850–53.
- film set — to photocompose.
- filmable — noting or pertaining to a story or to a literary work readily adaptable to motion picture form.
- filmgoer — a person who attends motion-picture showings.
- filmless — Without film.
- fimbriae — Often, fimbriae. Botany, Zoology. a fringe or fringed border.
- firearms — Plural form of firearm.
- firebomb — an explosive device with incendiary effects.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firemark — a plaque mounted on the outside of a building indicating the insurance company by which that building is insured
- fireroom — a chamber in which the boilers of a steam vessel are fired.
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fisnomie — an archaic spelling of physiognomy
- fistmele — (archery) A traditional unit of distance equal to the width of a clenched fist with the thumb extended (approx. 6\u00bd inches or 16\u00bd centimetres).
- fitments — Plural form of fitment.
- fivesome — A group of five persons or things.
- flambeau — a flaming torch.
- flambeed — Also, flambéed [flahm-beyd] /flɑmˈbeɪd/ (Show IPA). (of food) served in flaming liquor, especially brandy: steak flambé.
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- flameout — burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flammule — a small flame
- flatmate — A person who shares a flat (apartment) with others.