8-letter words containing f, i, b, r
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- firebird — a ballet (1910) with music by Stravinsky.
- 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.
- firebrat — a bristletail, Thermobia domestica, that lives in areas around furnaces, boilers, steampipes, etc.
- firebugs — Plural form of firebug.
- firebush — any of several shrubs having bright red flowers or foliage, as the burning bush.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flibbert — a small piece or bit
- forcible — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- forcibly — done or effected by force: forcible entry into a house.
- forebitt — a post at a ship's foremast for securing cables
- forelimb — a front limb of an animal.
- four-bit — 50 cents.
- free bid — a bid made in response to a partner's bid when responding is not required by convention or is not necessary to keep the auction open, as after an opponent's overcall.
- freebies — something given without charge or cost, as a ticket to a performance or sports event or a free sample at a store: Freebies can be very useful in promoting your brand or business.
- freiburg — a city in SW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany.
- fribbled — Simple past tense and past participle of fribble.
- fribbler — to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.
- fribbles — Plural form of fribble.
- fribourg — a canton in W Switzerland. 644 sq. mi. (1668 sq. km).
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frog-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frostbit — injury to any part of the body after excessive exposure to extreme cold, sometimes progressing from initial redness and tingling to gangrene.
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- in brief — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- leafbird — any of several greenish, passerine birds of the genus Chloropsis, of Asia, related to the bulbuls, and often kept as pets.
- morbific — causing disease.
- nubiform — cloud-like
- puffbird — any of several tropical American birds of the family Bucconidae, related to the barbets, having a large head with the feathers often fluffed out.
- surfbird — a sandpiperlike shorebird, Aphriza virgata, of the Pacific coast, breeding in Alaska and wintering in South America.
- tubiform — shaped like a tube.
- unforbid — unforbidden