8-letter words containing f, r, e
- fireworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Rhopobota naevana (black-headed fireworm) which feeds on the leaves of cranberries and causes them to wither.
- firmless — unstable, unsteady, not firmly fixed
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fissured — Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- fissures — Plural form of fissure.
- fixature — anything that holds an object in place, whether by physical or chemical means
- fixtured — Simple past tense and past participle of fixture.
- fixtures — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flanders — a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.
- flanerie — idleness; dawdling.
- flaneurs — Plural form of flaneur.
- flankers — Plural form of flanker.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flappers — something broad and flat used for striking or for making a noise by striking.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flare-up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- flareups — Plural form of flareup.
- flashers — Plural form of flasher.
- flatters — Plural form of flatter.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- flatware — utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons, used at the table for serving and eating food.
- flaubert — Gustave [gys-tav] /güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), 1821–80, French novelist.
- flaunter — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- flavored — (of food or drink) having a particular type of taste.
- flavorer — One who or that which flavors.
- fleawort — a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine.
- fleecier — Comparative form of fleecy.
- fleering — Present participle of fleer.
- fleshers — Plural form of flesher.
- fleshier — Comparative form of fleshy.
- fletcher — John, 1579–1625, English dramatist: collaborated with Francis Beaumont 1606?–16; with Philip Massinger 1613–25.
- flexural — the act of flexing or bending.
- flexures — Plural form of flexure.
- flibbert — a small piece or bit
- flichter — (of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
- flickers — Plural form of flicker.
- flickery — Seeming to flicker; unsteady.
- flighter — (of birds) to fly feebly; flutter.
- flimsier — Comparative form of flimsy.
- flincher — One who flinches.
- flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- flingers — Plural form of flinger.
- flintier — Comparative form of flinty.
- flippers — Plural form of flipper.
- flittern — the bark of a young oak tree