8-letter words containing f, e, o
- fetology — a field of medicine involving the study, diagnosis, and treatment of the fetus.
- feverous — feverish.
- fiberous — Misspelling of fibrous.
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- fiefdoms — the estate or domain of a feudal lord.
- filioque — (theology) The use of the Latin word filioque (and the son) in the Western form of the Nicene Creed, to indicate that the Holy Spirit proceeds from both the Father and the Son (as opposed to the Eastern churches which believe the Spirit proceeds from the Father alone).
- fillmore — Millard [mil-erd] /ˈmɪl ərd/ (Show IPA), 1800–74, 13th president of the United States 1850–53.
- filmgoer — a person who attends motion-picture showings.
- finnesko — A boot of tanned reindeer skin with the hair on the outside.
- fire off — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- fire pot — the part of a household furnace in which the fire is made.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebolt — A missile of fire.
- firebomb — an explosive device with incendiary effects.
- firedogs — Plural form of firedog.
- firehook — (dated, historical) a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.
- firehose — Alternative spelling of fire hose.
- firelock — a gun having a lock in which the priming is ignited by sparks struck from flint and steel, as the flintlock musket.
- firepole — A fixed metal pole, installed in a multi-storey building or firehouse, that allows the occupants to quickly descend floors.
- fireroom — a chamber in which the boilers of a steam vessel are fired.
- firestop — any object built into a building frame to block a concealed hollow space through which a fire might pass from one part of the building to another.
- firewood — wood suitable for fuel.
- firework — Often, fireworks. a combustible or explosive device for producing a striking display of light or a loud noise, used for signaling or as part of a celebration.
- 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.
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fishpole — A fishing pole.
- fisnomie — an archaic spelling of physiognomy
- fistnote — a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- fit note — a medical note for an employer setting out the work an employee is able to perform, taking into account his or her health condition
- fivefold — five times as great or as much.
- fivesome — A group of five persons or things.
- flagpole — a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- 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.
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- flavorer — One who or that which flavors.
- flaysome — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.
- fleasome — having fleas; flea-ridden
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- flection — the act of bending.
- fleshpot — fleshpots. places offering luxurious and unrestrained pleasure or amusement: the fleshpots of Las Vegas. luxurious and unrestrained living.
- flexagon — a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
- flexions — the act of bending.
- flexuous — full of bends or curves; sinuous.
- floatage — an act of floating.
- floaters — a person or thing that floats.
- floccose — Botany. consisting of or bearing woolly tufts or long soft hairs.
- floccule — something resembling a small flock or tuft of wool.