8-letter words containing i, a, f
- fabliaux — Plural form of fabliau.
- fabulism — (literature) A form of magic realism in which fantastical elements are placed into an everyday setting.
- fabulist — a person who invents or relates fables.
- fabulize — To compose or relate fables or fictions.
- facadism — the principle or practice of preserving the fronts of buildings that have elegant architectural designs; the construction of a modern building behind its old or original front.
- facelift — Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- facemail — a computer program which uses an electronically generated face to deliver messages on screen
- facetiae — Pornographic literature.
- facetime — Alternative form of face time.
- faceting — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facially — of the face: facial expression.
- facilely — moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- factions — Plural form of faction.
- factious — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factoids — Plural form of factoid.
- fagoting — a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- failback — failover
- failings — Plural form of failing.
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- failsafe — Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- faineant — Also, faineant [fey-nee-uh nt] /ˈfeɪ ni ənt/ (Show IPA). idle; indolent.
- fainites — a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game
- fainness — the quality of being willing or eager
- faintest — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fainteth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'faint'.
- fainting — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- faintish — Somewhat faint.
- 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.
- faisal i — 1885–1933, king of Syria 1920; king of Iraq 1921–33.
- faithful — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- faithing — the practice of a faith
- faizabad — a city in E Uttar Pradesh, in N India: the ancient site Ayodhya, sacred to the Hindus, is nearby.
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- falchion — a broad, short sword having a convex edge curving sharply to the point.
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)
- faliscan — a member of an ancient people who inhabited southern Etruria.