8-letter words containing f, i
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- dishfuls — Plural form of dishful.
- disneyfy — to create or alter in a simplified, sentimentalized, or contrived form or manner: museums that have become Disneyfied to attract more visitors.
- disproof — the act of disproving.
- disunify — to destroy the unity of.
- divinify — to give divine status to; consider divine
- dogfight — a violent fight between dogs.
- dot file — (operating system, convention) A Unix application program configuration file. On Unix, files named with a leading dot are not normally shown in directory listings. Many programs define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory. Dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the user really being aware of it. Common examples are .profile, .cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan, .rhosts, .sig, .xsession. See also profile, rc file.
- 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.
- dutifull — Archaic form of dutiful.
- dwarfing — Present participle of dwarf.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- edifices — Plural form of edifice.
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- effacing — Present participle of efface.
- effendis — Plural form of effendi.
- efficacy — capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness: a remedy of great efficacy.
- effierce — to make fierce
- effigies — Plural form of effigy.
- effluvia — a slight or invisible exhalation or vapor, especially one that is disagreeable or noxious.
- effusing — Present participle of effuse.
- effusion — the act of effusing or pouring forth.
- effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- egg flip — an alcoholic drink made from egg, sugar and brandy or sherry
- eggfruit — the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- encoffin — (transitive) To place or enclose in a coffin.
- enfierce — to make ferocious
- enfilade — A volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.
- enfringe — Alternative form of infringe.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- epifauna — animals that live on the seabed surface
- epifocal — situated or occurring at an epicentre
- 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.