8-letter words containing f, i, r
- birdlife — The birdlife in a place is all the birds that live there.
- boarfish — any of various spiny-finned marine teleost fishes of the genera Capros, Antigonia, etc, related to the dories, having a deep compressed body, a long snout, and large eyes
- brainfag — prolonged mental fatigue.
- briefest — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- briefing — A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- bronzify — to make into bronze
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- c-refine — A preprocessor for C and languages with similar syntax by Lutz Prechelt <[email protected]>. C-Refine allows symbolic naming of code fragments so as to redistribute complexity and provide running commentary. Version 3.0 is available from comp.sources.reviewed archives. It is highly portable and has been ported to Unix, MS-DOS, Atari, Amiga.
- campfire — A campfire is a fire that you light out of doors when you are camping.
- caprifig — a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
- carnifex — an executioner
- chaffier — consisting of, covered with, or resembling chaff.
- chelifer — Book-scorpion.
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- clifford — a masculine name: dim. Cliff
- codifier — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- cofiring — combustion of two different types of fuel at the same time
- coiffeur — a hairdresser
- coiffure — A person's coiffure is their hairstyle.
- coliform — relating to the bacilli that are present in the intestines of humans and invertebrate animals
- confider — to impart secrets trustfully; discuss private matters or problems (usually followed by in): She confides in no one but her husband.
- confiner — One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
- confirme — Obsolete spelling of confirm.
- confirms — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confirm.
- conifers — Plural form of conifer.
- coniform — shaped like a cone
- cookfire — A fire used for cooking food.
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- cornific — producing horns
- craftier — Comparative form of crafty.
- craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- crafting — an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill: the craft of a mason.
- crawfish — A crawfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crawfish.
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
- crimeful — criminal; filled with crime
- crofting — In Scotland, crofting is the activity of farming on small pieces of land.
- crucifer — any plant of the family Brassicaceae (formerly Cruciferae), having a corolla of four petals arranged like a cross and a fruit called a siliqua. The family includes the brassicas, mustard, cress, and wallflower
- crucifix — A crucifix is a cross with a figure of Christ on it.
- cubiform — having the shape of a cube
- cuniform — Alternative spelling of cuneiform.
- dandriff — Archaic spelling of dandruff.
- de kruif — Paul (Henry)1890-1971; U.S. bacteriologist & writer
- debriefs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of debrief.
- definers — Plural form of definer.
- defriend — to remove (a person) from the list of one's friends on a social networking website
- differed — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
- diffract — to break up or bend by diffraction.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.