7-letter words containing f
- beowulf — an anonymous Old English epic poem in alliterative verse, believed to have been composed in the 8th century ad
- biafran — of or relating to Biafra or its inhabitants
- bifidus — a genus of anaerobic bacteria, many of which are present natively in the human digestive system
- bifilar — having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
- bifocal — having two different focuses
- bifrost — the rainbow bridge of the gods from their realm Asgard to earth
- bifteck — beefsteak
- bigfoot — a yeti
- biofact — an item of biological information
- biofilm — a thin layer of living organisms
- biofuel — A biofuel is a gas, liquid, or solid from natural sources such as plants that is used as a fuel.
- blowfly — any of various dipterous flies of the genus Calliphora and related genera that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, carrion, and open wounds: family Calliphoridae
- blowoff — the discharge or venting of surplus liquid or gas
- bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
- boatful — an amount or number that could be carried by a boat
- bodeful — portentous, foreboding, ominous
- boffing — Theater. a box-office hit. a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter.
- boffola — a particularly funny joke
- bog off — go away!
- boiloff — quantity of liquified gases lost in evaporation
- bonfire — A bonfire is a fire that is made outdoors, usually to burn rubbish. Bonfires are also sometimes lit as part of a celebration.
- bookful — an amount that would fill a book
- bowlful — The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowlful of something.
- boxfish — trunkfish.
- braford — one of a breed of beef cattle, developed in the southwestern U.S. from Brahman and Hereford stock, especially well adapted to sparse grazing and a hot, humid environment.
- briefed — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- briefer — A briefer is an official who has the job of giving information about something, for example a war.
- briefly — Something that happens or is done briefly happens or is done for a very short period of time.
- brimful — Someone who is brimful of an emotion or quality feels or seems full of it. An object or place that is brimful of something is full of it.
- buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
- buffers — a foolish or incompetent person.
- buffett — Warren (Edward). born 1930, US financier, investor, and philanthropist
- buffing — polishing
- buffoon — If you call someone a buffoon, you mean that they often do foolish things.
- bug fix — (programming) A change to a program or system intended to permanently cure a bug. Often a fix for one bug inadvertantly introduces new bugs, hence the need for careful forethought and testing. Compare: workaround.
- bug off — to stop annoying someone and leave
- bugfoot — Loch Ness Monster Bug
- bumfuck — a remote or insignificant place
- bumpoff — murder.
- bushfly — any of various small black dipterous flies of Australia, esp Musca vetustissima, that breed in faeces and dung: family Calliphoridae
- but for — You use but for to introduce the only factor that causes a particular thing not to happen or not to be completely true.
- buy off — If you say that a person or organization buys off another person or group, you are criticizing the fact that they are giving them something such as money so that they will not complain or cause trouble.
- by half — If you increase something by half, half of the original amount is added to it. If you decrease it by half, half of the original amount is taken away from it.
- by-form — a subsidiary or variant form
- caffein — a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C 8 H 10 N 4 O 2 , usually derived from coffee or tea: used in medicine chiefly as a nervous system stimulant.
- caffila — a caravan train
- cafileh — Alternative form of cafila.
- caftans — Plural form of caftan.
- cageful — an amount which fills a cage to capacity
- caitiff — a cowardly or base person