8-letter words containing i, n, f, r
- frigging — to copulate with.
- frighten — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frilling — a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- fringers — Plural form of fringer.
- fringing — a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- frisking — Present participle of frisk.
- frissons — Plural form of frisson.
- fritting — Present participle of frit.
- fritzing — Present participle of fritz.
- friulian — a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect spoken by about half a million people of the plains of extreme NE Italy.
- frizzing — the state of being frizzed.
- frobnitz — /frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/ (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost certainly the origin of the term.
- frocking — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- frogging — any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- frogling — A young or little frog.
- frondizi — Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1908–1995, Argentine lawyer and political leader; president of Argentina 1958–62.
- frontier — the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
- fronting — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- froshing — Present participle of frosh.
- frosting — a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- frostnip — The first stage of frostbite.
- frothing — an aggregation of bubbles, as on an agitated liquid or at the mouth of a hard-driven horse; foam; spume.
- frowning — Present participle of frown.
- frugging — a dance deriving from the twist.
- fruiting — any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- fruition — attainment of anything desired; realization; accomplishment: After years of hard work she finally brought her idea to full fruition.
- fun fair — an amusement park.
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- furriner — a foreigner.
- futanari — (anime, manga, uncountable) A genre of Japanese anime or manga featuring hermaphrodite characters, generally with female bodies plus a penis.
- generify — (computing) To make generic.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- grafting — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- griefing — Present participle of grief.
- griffins — Plural form of griffin.
- griffons — Plural form of griffon.
- grifting — (sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- hangfire — a delay in the detonation of gunpowder or other ammunition, caused by some defect in the fuze.
- in brief — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- in favor — in agreement
- in force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- in front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infantry — soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- infector — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- inferiae — (in Roman religion) offerings made to the spirits of the dead, often propitiatory in nature
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.