8-letter words containing f, i, r
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- disproof — the act of disproving.
- draffish — resembling draff
- draftily — In a drafty manner.
- drafting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draglift — a ski lift with a rope or metal bar by which skiers are pulled up to the top of a slope.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drifters — Plural form of drifter.
- drifting — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.
- driftnet — Alternative spelling of drift net.
- driftpin — driftbolt (def 1).
- driftway — A common road or path for driving cattle.
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- effierce — to make fierce
- eggfruit — the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
- enfierce — to make ferocious
- enfringe — Alternative form of infringe.
- 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.
- etherify — (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
- exfriend — One who is no longer a friend; a former friend.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- fabiform — Shaped like a bean.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fair go! — come off it!; I don't believe it!
- 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of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fairborn — a city in W Ohio, near Dayton.
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- fairings — Plural form of fairing.
- 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.
- fairmont — a city in W West Virginia.
- 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.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- fairyism — fairylike quality.
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- fan-girl — Sometimes, fangurl. an obsessive female fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices: a web forum for Star Wars fangirls.