8-letter words containing r, s, f
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- defrosts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrost.
- desulfur — to free from sulfur; desulfurize.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- disfrock — to unfrock.
- disproof — the act of disproving.
- draffish — resembling draff
- draftees — Plural form of draftee.
- drafters — Plural form of drafter.
- drifters — Plural form of drifter.
- dropoffs — Plural form of dropoff.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dwarfish — like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
- dwarfism — the condition of being a dwarf or dwarfed.
- earflaps — Plural form of earflap.
- earmuffs — A pair of soft fabric coverings, connected by a band across the top of the head, that are worn over the ears to protect them from cold or noise.
- enforces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enforce.
- enforest — to make into a forest
- engrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of engraft.
- ensiform — Shaped like a sword blade; long and narrow with sharp edges and a pointed tip.
- esterify — (chemistry) (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
- factures — Plural form of facture.
- faeroese — a native or inhabitant of the Faeroe Islands.
- failures — Plural form of failure.
- 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of copyrighted material so as not to infringe upon copyright: The artist's biographer claimed fair use of quotes from unpublished personal letters.
- fairings — Plural form of fairing.
- 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.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fairyism — fairylike quality.
- fakirism — the beliefs and practices of fakirs
- fanciers — Plural form of fancier.
- fanfares — Plural form of fanfare.
- far east — the countries of E Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and sometimes adjacent areas.
- far west — the area of the U.S. west of the Great Plains.
- 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).
- farceurs — Plural form of farceur.
- farceuse — a woman skilled in farce.
- 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.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- farragos — Plural form of farrago.
- farriers — Plural form of farrier.
- farsight — The faculty of looking far ahead; farsightedness; prescience.
- farthest — being at a great distance; remote in time or place: a far country; the far future.
- fastener — any of various devices for fastening.