8-letter words containing n, a, o, f
- fornical — any of various arched or vaulted structures, as an arching fibrous formation in the brain.
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forzando — sforzando
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- fowliang — Older Spelling. former name of Jingdezhen.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- franchot — a male given name, form of Francis.
- fredonia — a town in W New York.
- fricando — fricandeau.
- frondage — (collectively) the fronds (of a plant)
- frontage — the front of a building or lot.
- frontals — Plural form of frontal.
- frontman — a performer, as a singer, who leads a musical group.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- furanose — (chemistry) any cyclic hemiacetal form of a monosaccharide having a five-membered ring (the tetrahydrofuran skeleton).
- fusional — the act or process of fusing; the state of being fused.
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- gonfalon — a banner suspended from a crossbar, often with several streamers or tails.
- gonfanon — a gonfalon that hangs directly from a pole, especially from the shaft of a lance just below the lance head.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- hand off — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-off — Football. an offensive play in which a player, usually a back, hands the ball to a teammate. the ball itself during the execution of such a transfer: He fumbled the hand-off.
- handoffs — Plural form of handoff, alternative form of 'hand-off'.
- hoffmann — E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) (Wilhelm) [ernst tey-aw-dohr ah-mah-dey-oo s vil-helm] /ɛrnst ˈteɪ ɔˌdoʊr ˌɑ mɑˈdeɪ ʊs ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1776–1822, German author, composer, and illustrator.
- in a fog — dazed
- in favor — in agreement
- infamous — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- infobahn — information superhighway.
- informal — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- janiform — Janus-faced.
- kordofan — a province in the central Sudan. About 147,000 sq. mi. (380,730 sq. km). Capital: El Obeid.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- loaf pan — a rectangular metal or glass pan for baking cakes, breads, meatloaf, etc.
- loaf tin — a tin that is used for baking bread
- loftsman — a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- longleaf — A longleaf pine, Pirus palustris, or the wood of this tree.
- manifold — of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- maniform — shaped like a hand.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- matfelon — knapweed
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- mooncalf — a congenitally grossly deformed and mentally defective person.
- moonface — a round and full face
- naff off — unstylish; lacking taste; inferior.