8-letter words containing n, a, f
- refasten — to fasten again
- refrains — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- rifampin — a semisynthetic broad-spectrum antibiotic, C 4 3 H 5 8 N 4 O 1 2 , used in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, asymptomatic carriers of meningococcal disease, and leprosy.
- rifleman — a soldier armed with a rifle.
- run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
- safeness — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- safranin — any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes, phenazine derivatives, used for dyeing wool, silk, etc.
- safronal — an oily liquid derived from saffron
- sainfoin — a Eurasian plant, Onobrychis viciifolia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and clusters of pink flowers, used for forage.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sandfish — either of two scaleless fishes of the family Trichodontidae, of the North Pacific, that live in sand or mud.
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- santa fé — a city in E Argentina.
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- sawn-off — (of a shotgun) having the barrel cut short, mainly to facilitate concealment of the weapon
- scan-edf — (storage, algorithm) A variation of the Scan disk aceess algorithm for use in a real-time environment where, in general, requests are served according to Earliest Deadline First. If two requests share the same deadline, they may be reorganised according to Scan. A typical example is a video server that retrieves video data from a hard disk. The playback of a video impose tight real-time constraints but if the server retrieves data once every second for each video channel, Scan-EDF can be applied, reducing the seek overhead.
- 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.
- scarfpin — tiepin.
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- shafting — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
- shinleaf — a North American plant, Pyrola elliptica, having leaves used formerly for shinplasters.
- sinfonia — a symphony.
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snap-off — fastening or closing with a click or snap, as a device fitted with a spring catch: a snap lock.
- snarf up — to eat quickly and voraciously; scarf (often followed by down or up).
- sniff at — show contempt
- snowfall — a fall of snow.
- staffing — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- staffman — staffer.
- standoff — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- stefanie — a female given name.
- strafing — an act or instance of strafing
- superfan — a very or extremely devoted fan
- swiftian — of or relating to Jonathan Swift
- syngraft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- tail fan — the fanlike posterior appendage of crayfish and lobsters, consisting of a telson and two uropods, used for rapid backward propulsion.
- tail fin — a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- tiffanie — a breed of cat with semi-long hair, having a white undercoat with the ends coloured
- tnstaafl — TANSTAAFL
- transfer — to convey or remove from one place, person, etc., to another: He transferred the package from one hand to the other.
- transfix — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- twinleaf — a North American herb, Jeffersonia diphylla, having a single white blossom and leaves divided in two.
- unafraid — feeling fear; filled with apprehension: afraid to go.
- unartful — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.