8-letter words containing i, a, f
- fire ant — any of several omnivorous ants, as the migrant Solenopsis geminata originating in tropical and subtropical South America, having a sting that produces a burning sensation.
- fire hat — a helmet worn by a firefighter as a defense against falling materials from burning structures.
- fireable — Alternative form of firable.
- firearms — Plural form of firearm.
- fireback — a piece, lining the rear of a fireplace, usually of cast iron.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- fireband — A band or bond forged by fire.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- fireboat — a powered vessel equipped to fight fires on boats, docks, shores, etc.
- firebrat — a bristletail, Thermobia domestica, that lives in areas around furnaces, boilers, steampipes, etc.
- firecall — A call of fire alarm to a fire station.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- firedamp — a combustible gas consisting chiefly of methane, formed especially in coal mines, and dangerously explosive when mixed with certain proportions of atmospheric air.
- firefang — combustion taking place in compost due to the heat produced by decomposition
- firehall — a fire station
- firemark — a plaque mounted on the outside of a building indicating the insurance company by which that building is insured
- firesafe — being so constructed or protected as to be safe from destruction by fire.
- firetrap — a building that, because of its age, material, structure, or the like, is especially dangerous in case of fire.
- firewalk — An instance of firewalking.
- firewall — a partition made of fireproof material to prevent the spread of a fire from one part of a building or ship to another or to isolate an engine compartment, as on a plane, automobile, etc.
- fireward — (obsolete) a fire chief.
- firmware — a microprogram stored in ROM, designed to implement a function that had previously been provided in software.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishable — that may be fished in: nonpolluted, fishable streams.
- fishbait — Bait for fishing.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fishcake — a fried ball or cake of shredded fish, especially salt codfish, and mashed potato.
- fishhawk — The osprey.
- fishmeal — dried fish ground for use as fertilizer, animal feed, or an ingredient in other foods.
- fishtail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
- fishtank — a glass-sided tank for keeping, displaying, or observing live fish or other aquatic animals.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- fissural — Pertaining to a fissure or fissures.
- fistiana — the sport or world of boxing: one of fistiana's most colorful characters.
- fistulae — Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- fistulas — Plural form of fistula.
- fittable — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- fittonia — either of two plants, Fittonia gigantea or F. verschaffeltii, of the acanthus family, native to South America, having conspicuously veined leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- fixating — Present participle of fixate.
- fixation — the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
- fixative — serving to fix; making fixed or permanent.
- fixators — Plural form of fixator.
- fixature — anything that holds an object in place, whether by physical or chemical means
- flabbier — Comparative form of flabby.
- flabbily — In a flabby manner.
- flacking — press agent.
- flagfish — Also called American flagfish. a killifish, Jordanella floridae, inhabiting swamps and streams of Florida, having a blue-brown back and whitish sides with red stripes, often kept in aquariums.
- flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- flaglike — Resembling or characteristic of a flag (cloth emblem).
- flagship — a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.