9-letter words containing fa
- fair rent — (in Britain) the rent for a private tenancy, fixed and registered by a rent officer, and based on the size, condition, and usefulness of the property, but not its scarcity value
- fair-lead — a pulley block, metal ring, etc. used to guide a line and cause it to run easily without chafing
- fairbanks — Charles Warren, 1852–1918, political leader: vice president of the U.S. 1905–09.
- fairfaced — (of brickwork) having a neat smooth unplastered surface
- fairfield — a city in central California.
- fairhaven — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- fairishly — in a fairish manner
- fairtrade — Produced in such a way that all producers of the product receive a fair wage for their work.
- fairyhood — a fairy nature or state: the fairyhood of Puck.
- fairyland — the imaginary realm of fairies.
- fairylike — Resembling a fairy or some aspect of one.
- fairytale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
- fais-dodo — a country dance party.
- faisal ii — 1935–58, king of Iraq 1939–58 (grandson of Faisal I).
- faithcure — a cure or healing through prayer or faith in God
- faithfull — Archaic spelling of faithful.
- faithless — not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty: the faithless behavior of Benedict Arnold.
- fake book — a collection of lead sheets for musicians, especially a songbook of standards for use by jazz instrumentalists.
- fake news — false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting
- fake-down — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- falangism — the ideology and practices of the Falange political party
- falangist — a member of the Falange.
- falcation — the state of being falcate, a falcate appendage
- falchions — Plural form of falchion.
- falciform — sickle-shaped; falcate.
- falconers — Plural form of falconer.
- falconets — Plural form of falconet.
- falconine — any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
- falconoid — an antioxidant compound found in tea and thought to resist cancer
- falculate — (zoology) Curved and sharp-pointed, like a falcula.
- faldstool — a chair or seat, originally one capable of being folded, used by a bishop or other prelate when officiating in his own church away from his throne or in a church not his own.
- falernian — (especially of a wine celebrated by Horace) of, coming from, or made in a district of Campania, Italy.
- fall away — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall back — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall down — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- fall into — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fall line — an imaginary line, marked by waterfalls and rapids, where rivers descend abruptly from an upland to a lowland.
- fall over — person: trip or slip
- fall thru — fall through
- fall trap — a trap into which animals fall
- fall wind — a strong, cold, downhill wind.
- fallacies — a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- fallalish — foppish
- fallbacks — Plural form of fallback.
- fallboard — the hinged covering that protects a piano keyboard when it is not being played.
- fallopian — Alternative form of Fallopian.
- fallowers — Plural form of fallower.
- fallowing — (of land) plowed and left unseeded for a season or more; uncultivated.
- false bay — a bay in SW South Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope