4-letter words containing a, f
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- fain — gladly; willingly: He fain would accept.
- fair — free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice: a fair decision; a fair judge.
- fait — Misspelling of fate.
- faix — an exclamation of affirmation or surprise equivalent to 'faith'
- faja — a broad, brightly colored sash traditionally worn by Spanish and Latin American men.
- fajr — (Islam) the first of the five daily prayers recited by practicing Muslims.
- fake — 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).
- falk — (UK, dialect) The razorbill.
- fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- falt — An old English measure of wheat in London containing 9 bushels.
- falx — a structure shaped like a sickle, as a fold of dura mater separating the cerebral hemispheres.
- fame — widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
- fana — the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- fand — (transitive) To seek (to do a thing); try; attempt; endeavour; make a shift.
- fane — a temple.
- fang — one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- fank — A pen for enclosing sheep.
- fano — a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fans — Plural form of fan.
- fany — First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
- faql — frequently asked question
- faqs — Plural form of faq.
- farb — (US) A historical reenactor (especially a US civil war reenactor) whose efforts at a historically accurate portrayal are, in the opinion of the speaker, inadequate. (For example, wearing a modern wristwatch with period costume.) The opposite of farb is \"hard-core\" (or hardcore), someone who is, in the opinion of the speaker, an \"authenticity fanatic\".
- farc — Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, a Marxist revolutionary guerrilla force engaging in armed struggle against the government of Colombia
- fard — facial cosmetics.
- fare — the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fark — (Australia, NZ, vulgar) eye dialect of fucktrue, used to express surprise, etc.
- farl — a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- farm — processor farm
- faro — a seaport in S Portugal.
- farr — Obsolete spelling of far.
- fars — a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart — a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fasc — fascicle
- fase — Fundamentally Analyzable Simplified English. L.E. McMahon, Bell Labs.
- fash — (Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) To worry; to bother, annoy.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- fats — Antoine ("Fats") born 1928, U.S. rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer, and composer.
- faun — one of a class of rural deities represented as men with the ears, horns, tail, and later also the hind legs of a goat.
- faux — artificial or imitation; fake: a brooch with faux pearls.
- fava — A fava bean; a bean (seed or seed pod) of the plant Vicia faba or the plant itself.
- fave — (informal) Favorite (US) or favourite (UK).
- fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- faye — a female given name, form of Faith.
- fays — Plural form of fay.
- faze — to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt: The worst insults cannot faze him.
- fcap — foolscap
- fcca — Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants