8-Letter Words That Start With: FEN

• A militia unit raised for homeland defense.

• A soldier in such a unit.

• Capable of being defended

• trade names of a narcotic analgesic that can be inhaled and that acts on the central nervous system and may become addictive; used as a veterinary anesthetic and with other drugs before, during, and after surgery; also used as a nonlethal gas to incapacitate people in hostage situations; also abused as a recreational drug

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• material for building fences

• the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)

• a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud

• an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

• a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth

• a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

• low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water

• a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)