8-letter words containing f, r, a, c
- francine — a female given name, form of Frances.
- francium — a radioactive element of the alkali metal group. Symbol: Fr; atomic number: 87.
- francize — to force to adopt French customs and the French language.
- frascati — a fruity white wine from Rome.
- frescade — a shaded walkway
- fricando — fricandeau.
- fulcrate — having or supported by fulcra
- fur coat — overcoat covered with animal fur
- furacity — (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- furcraea — a member of a genus of succulent plants of the family Agavaceae native to tropical parts of Central and South America
- furculae — Plural form of furcula.
- furcular — of or relating to the furcula
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- furnaces — Plural form of furnace.
- graceful — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- hardface — an uncompromising person
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- jerkface — (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
- lanfranc — 1005?–89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and scholar in England: archbishop of Canterbury 1070–89.
- life car — a watertight container used in marine rescue operations, suspended from a hawser and hauled back and forth between a stranded or wrecked vessel and the shore.
- lifecare — the long-term care of the health and welfare of someone, esp an elderly person within a residential community
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- pacifier — a person or thing that pacifies.
- parfocal — of or relating to different eyepieces (of telescopes or microscopes) that all focus their images in the same plane, so that they can be interchanged without readjusting the instrument.
- pencraft — the art or craft of writing; skill with writing
- perfecta — exacta.
- praefect — a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
- prefaced — a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).
- r factor — a genetic component of some bacteria that provides resistance to antibiotics and can be transferred from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
- race off — to entice (a person) away with a view to seduction
- race-fit — (of a person, animal, etc) fit or suitable for racing
- rack off — to go away; depart
- radcliff — a city in central Kentucky.
- raft ice — ice in cakes or sheets overlapping or piled on top of one another.
- refracts — to subject to refraction.
- repacify — to pacify again
- rockface — an exposure of rock in a steep slope or cliff.
- rockfall — an act or instance of the falling of rock, as in a cave-in or an avalanche.
- scarface — a 1983 cult gangster film written by Oliver Stone, directed by Brian de Palma, and starring Al Pacino.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scarfish — a fish in the family Scaridae
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- scrofula — primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- seacraft — the skills and knowledge of a sailor
- surfaced — the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.