8-letter words containing o, n, e, f
- enforces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enforce.
- enforest — to make into a forest
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- f region — the ionospheric region in which the F layer forms.
- facedown — with the face or the front or upper surface downward: He was lying facedown on the floor. Deal the cards facedown on the table.
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconet — any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
- fan oven — oven that works by convection
- far gone — departed; left.
- far-gone — remote.
- farinose — yielding farina.
- farnesol — a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- fear not — You say 'fear not' or 'never fear' to someone when you are telling them not to worry or be frightened.
- feedhorn — a part of a satellite dish that collects the signal reflected from the main surface reflector and channels it into a low-noise amplifier.
- felonies — Plural form of felony.
- felonous — wicked, evil; of the character of a felon
- fencerow — the uncultivated land on each side of and below a fence.
- fenchone — (organic compound) A monoterpenoid ketone present in the essential oil of fennel.
- fend off — defend yourself against sb
- fenthion — a type of insecticide
- ferguson — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- festoons — Plural form of festoon.
- fetation — the state of pregnancy
- fidonews — (messaging, history) The weekly official on-line newsletter of FidoNet, also known as "'Snooz". As the editorial policy of Fidonews was "anything that arrives, we print", there were often large articles completely unrelated to FidoNet, which in turn tend to elicit flamage in subsequent issues.
- finnesko — A boot of tanned reindeer skin with the hair on the outside.
- fishbone — A bone from a fish.
- fisnomie — an archaic spelling of physiognomy
- fistnote — a printed note, as in a piece of text, distinguished by the figure of a fist with a pointing index finger.
- fit note — a medical note for an employer setting out the work an employee is able to perform, taking into account his or her health condition
- flame on — (messaging, jargon) To begin or continue to flame. The punning reference to Marvel Comics's Human Torch is no longer widely recognised. The phrase "flame on" may actually precede the flame, in which case "flame off" will follow it. See rave, burble.
- flamenco — a style of dancing, characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies, that is strongly rhythmic and involves vigorous actions, as clapping the hands and stamping the feet.
- flaperon — a control surface functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.
- flection — the act of bending.
- flexagon — a three-dimensional figure having polygonal faces that is constructed from a folded sheet of paper in such a way that different faces are exposed when the figure is flexed along its folds.
- flexions — the act of bending.
- florence — Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.
- florigen — a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.
- flounced — Simple past tense and past participle of flounce.
- flounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flounce.
- flounder — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluorene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 13 H 10 , used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and dyes.
- fluorine — the most reactive nonmetallic element, a pale-yellow, corrosive, toxic gas that occurs combined, especially in fluorite, cryolite, phosphate rock, and other minerals. Symbol: F; atomic weight: 18.9984; atomic number: 9.
- fomented — Simple past tense and past participle of foment.
- fomenter — One who incites or promotes.
- fondness — the state or quality of being fond.
- fontaine — Henri [French ahn-ree] /French ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1854–1943, Belgian statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1913.
- fontanel — one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- fontange — Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).