8-letter words containing r, f
- faceward — Toward the face.
- facework — The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building.
- factored — Simple past tense and past participle of factor.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- faeroese — a native or inhabitant of the Faeroe Islands.
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- failover — A method of protecting computer systems from failure, in which standby equipment automatically takes over when the main system fails.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- fair go! — come off it!; I don't believe it!
- fair sex — women as a group (usually used facetiously): an insult to the fair sex.
- fair-use — reasonable and limited use of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fairborn — a city in W Ohio, near Dayton.
- fairgoer — a person attending a fair
- fairings — Plural form of fairing.
- fairlead — a pulley, thimble, etc., used to guide a rope forming part of the rigging of a ship, crane, etc., in such a way as to prevent chafing.
- fairmont — a city in W West Virginia.
- fairness — the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness: I have to admit, in all fairness, that she would only be paid for part of the work.
- fairview — a town in NE New Jersey.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- fairyism — fairylike quality.
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- falconer — a person who hunts with falcons or follows the sport of hawking.
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- falderal — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- falderol — mere nonsense; foolish talk or ideas.
- faliraki — a coastal resort in SE Greece, on Rhodes. Pop: 400 (2000 est)
- fall for — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fallower — A person or machine that fallows, a reaper or plowman.
- faltered — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- familiar — well-acquainted; thoroughly conversant: to be familiar with a subject.
- fan roof — a vaulted roof having fan tracery.
- fan worm — feather-duster worm.
- fan-girl — Sometimes, fangurl. an obsessive female fan, especially of comic books, science fiction, video games, music, or electronic devices: a web forum for Star Wars fangirls.
- fanciers — Plural form of fancier.
- fanfares — Plural form of fanfare.
- fanfaron — a braggart.
- far east — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far from — not at all
- far gone — departed; left.
- far left — of or relating to the extreme left wing
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- far-gone — remote.
- faradise — /far'*-di:z/ [US Geological Survey] To start any hyper-addictive process or trend, or to continue adding current to such a trend. Telling one user about a new octo-tetris game you compiled would be a faradising act - in two weeks you might find your entire department playing the faradic game.
- faradism — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- faradize — to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced alternating electric current (distinguished from galvanize).
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- farcical — pertaining to or of the nature of farce.
- fare war — a period of intense competition among airlines, characterized by repeated fare reductions rather than advertising, brand promotion, etc