8-letter words starting with fe
- fend off — defend yourself against sb
- fendered — provided or protected with fenders or a fender.
- fenestra — Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- fengtien — a former name of Shenyang.
- fenlands — Plural form of fenland.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- fenthion — a type of insecticide
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- ferdutzt — confused; bewildered.
- feretory — a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary.
- ferguson — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- fermatas — Plural form of fermata.
- ferments — Plural form of ferment.
- fermions — Plural form of fermion.
- fern bar — a stylish bar or tavern conspicuously decorated with ferns and other greenery.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- fernbird — Bowdleria punctata, an insectivorous bird native to New Zealand.
- ferndale — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- fernless — devoid of ferns
- fernlike — Resembling a fern.
- fernshaw — a thicket of ferns
- ferocity — a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- ferreous — of, resembling, or containing iron: a ferreous alloy.
- ferreted — Simple past tense and past participle of ferret.
- ferreter — A person who hunts with ferrets.
- ferriage — conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
- ferrites — Plural form of ferrite.
- ferritic — Relating to a ferrite.
- ferritin — an amber-colored, crystalline protein, found in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, that consists of apoferritin combined with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex and that stores iron for use in metabolism.
- ferruled — Having a ferrule.
- ferrules — Plural form of ferrule.
- ferrying — Present participle of ferry.
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- ferrymen — Plural form of ferryman.
- feruling — Present participle of ferule.
- fervence — Obsolete form of fervency.
- fervency — warmth or intensity of feeling; ardor; zeal; fervor.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fervidor — Thermidor.
- fervours — Plural form of fervour.
- fescuing — Present participle of fescue.
- fesswise — (of a charge on a coat of arms) oriented horizontally
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- festered — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
- festival — a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances: the festival of Christmas; a Roman festival.
- festoons — Plural form of festoon.
- fetation — the state of pregnancy
- fetch up — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- fetchers — to go and bring back; return with; get: to go up a hill to fetch a pail of water.
- fetching — charming; captivating.