9-letter words containing a, f, t
- ball foot — a ball-like turned foot, used especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- basketful — a sufficient quantity to fill a basket; the amount contained in a basket.
- beanfeast — A beanfeast is a party or other social event.
- beatified — to make blissfully happy.
- beatifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beatify.
- beautiful — A beautiful person is very attractive to look at.
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- beefeater — Beefeaters are guards at the Tower of London. They wear a uniform made in the style of the sixteenth century.
- beefsteak — Beefsteak is steak.
- belafonte — Harry, born 1922, U.S. singer and actor.
- bifoliate — having only two leaves
- bifurcate — If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions.
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bisulfate — an acid sulfate containing the monovalent negative radical HSO4
- bitchface — Also called resting bitchface, bitchy resting face, chronic bitchface. (especially of a woman) a facial expression that does not consciously express a particular emotion but that others perceive as scowling, threatening, etc.: I can’t help that I have resting bitchface. Her face naturally goes into a bitchface, but I promise she’s super friendly. I’m not angry, I just have chronic bitch face. Abbreviation: RBF. (especially of a woman) a deliberate facial expression of anger or disgust, often employed to appear unapproachable: I put on my bitchface when I ride the train so creepy guys don’t talk to me. It’s important to perfect your bitchface.
- blackfoot — a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
- blast off — When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.
- brainfart — an idea that a person voices without much consideration, such as during a brainstorming session
- brantford — a city in central Canada, in SW Ontario. Pop: 86 417 (2001)
- breakfast — Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning.
- breathful — full of breath; living
- brown fat — tissue composed of a type of fat cell that dissipates as heat most of the energy released when food is oxidized; brown adipose tissue. It is present in hibernating animals and human babies and is thought to be important in adult weight control
- bufotalin — the principal poisonous substance in the skin and saliva of the common European toad
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- butterfat — the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made, consisting of a mixture of glycerides, mainly butyrin, olein, and palmitin
- cactiform — resembling a cactus
- cafeteria — A cafeteria is a restaurant where you choose your food from a counter and take it to your table after paying for it. Cafeterias are usually found in public buildings such as hospitals and stores.
- cafetiere — A cafetière is a type of coffee pot that has a disk with small holes in it attached to the lid. You push the lid down to separate the liquid from the ground coffee when it is ready to drink.
- calc-tufa — tufa (def 1).
- calc-tuff — Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like. Compare travertine.
- camouflet — a type of bomb that is used during a siege to collapse an enemy's tunnel
- campcraft — the skills that are required for camping
- camshafts — Plural form of camshaft.
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- canefruit — a fruit, such as the raspberry, which grows on woody-stemmed plants
- car thief — a person who steals automobiles
- carefront — To caringly confront an individual; To approach someone in love and respect and correct them in an honoring manner.
- cartonful — As much as a carton will hold.
- cat fight — a dispute carried out with intense hostility and bitterness.
- catfacing — a disorder that causes scarring of tomatoes
- catfights — Plural form of catfight.
- catfished — Simple past tense and past participle of catfish.
- catfishes — Plural form of catfish.
- catfooted — having feet resembling those of a cat.
- chairlift — a series of chairs suspended from a power-driven cable for conveying people, esp skiers, up a mountain
- chieftain — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe.
- clafoutis — a French baked pudding
- clam-flat — a level stretch of mud, exposed by the tide, where clams burrow.
- claw foot — a foot with claws.