10-letter words containing a, f, t, c
- frenetical — Alternative form of frenetic.
- friar tuck — the jolly, pugnacious friar who was a member of Robin Hood's band.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- frock coat — a man's close-fitting, knee-length coat, single-breasted or double-breasted and with a vent in the back.
- frock tart — a person who makes or designs costumes for films or television
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- fuck about — to act in a stupid or aimless manner
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funiculate — having a funicle.
- half hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-hitch — a knot or hitch made by forming a bight and passing the end of the rope around the standing part and through the bight.
- half-track — a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
- handicraft — manual skill.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- inaffected — (obsolete) unaffected.
- infarction — the formation of an infarct.
- informatic — Of or pertaining to information science, the processing of information.
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- interfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interface.
- interfaces — Plural form of interface.
- ipso facto — by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- jack staff — a flagstaff at the bow of a vessel, on which a jack is flown.
- jackshafts — Plural form of jackshaft.
- lancetfish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- laticifers — Plural form of laticifer.
- leaf trace — a strand of fluid-carrying vascular tissue extending from the main stem to the base of a leaf.
- leafcutter — Alternative spelling of leaf-cutter.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- left brace — (character) "". {ASCII character 123. Common names: open brace; left brace; left squiggly; left squiggly bracket/brace; left curly bracket/brace; ITU-T: opening brace. Rare: brace ("}" >INTERCAL: embrace ("}" = bracelet). Paired with right brace ("}").
- lifejacket — a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable construction, for supporting the wearer in deep water and preventing drowning.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- magnificat — (italics) the hymn of the Virgin Mary in Luke, 1:46–55, beginning “My soul doth magnify the Lord,” used as a canticle at evensong or vespers.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- maleficent — doing evil or harm; harmfully malicious: maleficent destroyers of reputations.
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- modificate — (obsolete) To qualify.
- multifaced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.
- multifacet — Having many facets.
- multifocal — having several focuses.
- neofascist — any of various political movements or beliefs inspired by or reminiscent of fascism or Nazism.
- neufchatel — a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
- nidificate — to build a nest.