9-letter words containing a, b, f, t
- fightback — A fightback is an effort made by a person or group of people to get back into a strong position when they seem likely to lose something such as an election or an important sports match.
- filtabyte — (networking, hardware) An Ethernet controller card made by LRT based on the LANCE and SIA. It uses DMA. Its Ethernet address can be changed by software.
- filtrable — filterable.
- fimbriate — Also, fimbriated. Botany, Zoology. having a border of hairs or filiform processes.
- fireblast — A fiery explosion.
- firebrats — Plural form of firebrat.
- flabagast — (archaic) Alternative form of flabbergast.
- flashtube — electronic flash.
- flat back — a book spine presenting a completely flat surface.
- flat bond — a bond that is traded without accrued interest as part of the price.
- flatboats — Plural form of flatboat.
- flatbread — Also, flatbrod [flat-brohd] /ˈflæt broʊd/ (Show IPA). a thin, waferlike bread, usually rye, baked especially in Scandinavian countries.
- fleabites — Plural form of fleabite.
- flirtable — ready or willing to flirt.
- floatable — capable of floating; that can be floated.
- fob watch — a pocket watch that is attached to a waistcoat by a chain or ribbon
- foldboats — Plural form of foldboat.
- footballs — Plural form of football.
- footbaths — Plural form of footbath.
- footboard — a board or small platform on which to support the foot or feet.
- footbrake — a brake operated by applying pressure to a foot pedal
- fractable — a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.
- fretboard — a fingerboard with frets, as on a guitar.
- fruit bat — any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 cm to 1.5 meters).
- futabatei — Shimei [shee-mey] /ʃiˈmeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Tatsunosuke Hasegawa) 1864–1909, Japanese author.
- half bath — a bathroom containing only a toilet and wash basin; powder room.
- half boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-butt — a snooker cue longer than an ordinary cue, usually used with a long rest
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- left back — a defending player on the left side of the field
- left bank — a part of Paris, France, on the S bank of the Seine: frequented by artists, writers, and students.
- life-boat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- obfuscate — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- salt beef — beef that has been preserved in salt
- shiftable — able or designed to be shifted, changed, or removed: shiftable furniture.
- softboard — a soft, porous particle board.
- surf boat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.