8-letter words containing fo
- fondling — to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress: to fondle a precious object; to fondle a child.
- 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).
- fontanne — Lynn, 1887–1983, U.S. actress, born in England (wife of Alfred Lunt).
- foo yong — a Chinese dish made of eggs mixed with chicken, crab meat, etc, and cooked like an omelette
- food aid — food donated, either by a foreign government or by a charitable organization, to people in need, usually in developing countries
- food web — a series of organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the entirety of interrelated food chains in an ecological community.
- foodbank — a charitable organization which distributes food aid to people in financial difficulty
- foodless — any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.
- foodshed — the area through which food is transported from farm to consumer
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- foofaraw — a great fuss or disturbance about something very insignificant.
- fool hen — any of various grouse, as the spruce grouse, that can be killed easily because of their relative tameness.
- foolfish — filefish (def 1).
- foolscap — a type of inexpensive writing paper, especially legal-size, lined, yellow sheets, bound in tablet form.
- foosball — A tabletop version of soccer in which players turn rods fixed on top of a playing box and attached to miniature figures of players, in order to flick the ball and strike it toward the goal.
- foot rot — Also called fouls, stinkyfoot. Veterinary Pathology. an infection of sheep, causing inflammatory changes in the area of the hoofs and lameness.
- foot-net — sneakernet
- foot-ton — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equivalent to 2240 foot-pounds and equal to the energy expended in raising a ton of 2240 pounds a distance of one foot against the force of gravity.
- footages — length or extent in feet: the footage of lumber.
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- footboys — Plural form of footboy.
- footcare — of or relating to the care of one's feet: a footcare specialist.
- footfall — a footstep.
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
- foothill — a low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.
- foothold — a place or support for the feet; a place where a person may stand or walk securely.
- foothole — (cricket) A hole in a cricket pitch made by the bowler's foot during his runup.
- footings — Plural form of footing.
- footless — lacking a foot or feet.
- footlike — resembling a foot
- footling — foolish; silly: ridiculous, footling remarks.
- footlong — approximately one foot in length: Their specialty is footlong hotdogs.
- footmark — a footprint.
- footmuff — a muff used to keep the feet warm
- footnote — an explanatory or documenting note or comment at the bottom of a page, referring to a specific part of the text on the page.
- footpace — walking pace.
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- footpage — an errand-boy
- footpath — a path for people going on foot.
- footpegs — Plural form of footpeg.
- footpost — post or messages delivered on foot
- footpump — a pump that is operated by foot
- footrace — a race run by contestants on foot.
- footrest — a support for a person's feet, as an attachment to a barber's chair or a dentist's chair.
- footrope — the portion of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewn.
- footrule — rigid measure, one foot in length