10-letter words containing a, t, f, r
- time frame — a period of time during which something has taken or will take place: We're talking about a time frame of five minutes for the president's visit.
- to and fro — back-and-forth: to-and-fro motion.
- to-and-fro — back-and-forth: to-and-fro motion.
- tortfeasor — a person who commits a tort.
- trade fair — exhibition by a particular industry
- tradecraft — the skills learned from experience in a trade, often used to refer to the skills spies use to avoid being detected
- trafficked — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- trafficker — the movement of vehicles, ships, persons, etc., in an area, along a street, through an air lane, over a water route, etc.: the heavy traffic on Main Street.
- transferal — transference; transfer.
- transferee — a person who is transferred or removed, as from one place to another.
- transferor — a person who makes a transfer, as of property.
- transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
- trash fish — a fish traditionally sold only for animal feed or manufactured products.
- trifarious — facing in three different directions
- triffidian — resembling a triffid
- trifoliate — having three leaflets, lobes, or foils; trefoil.
- trifurcate — to divide into three forks or branches.
- trout farm — a lake or other enclosed area of water where trout are bred for food
- truck farm — a farm or piece of land for the growing of vegetables and fruit for sale, especially to local or nearby markets.
- tug of war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- tug-of-war — an athletic contest between two teams at opposite ends of a rope, each team trying to drag the other over a line.
- turboshaft — a gas turbine used to deliver shaft power, as to a helicopter rotor.
- ultra-left — having extreme left-wing views
- ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
- ultramafic — ultrabasic.
- unartfully — in an unartful manner
- underdraft — a tendency of a rolled piece to curve downward after passing through a stand, occurring when the upper roll is faster than the lower. Compare overdraft (def 7).
- unfactored — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- unfathered — having no father; fatherless.
- unfatherly — not fatherly; not characteristic or appropriate of a father
- unfavorite — a person or thing regarded with special favor or preference: That song is an old favorite of mine.
- unfeatured — not featured
- unforecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- ungrateful — unappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred: ungrateful heirs.
- unratified — to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction: to ratify a constitutional amendment.
- uplift bra — a brassiere for lifting and supporting the breasts
- vociferant — vociferating; noisy.
- vociferate — say loudly
- wafer-thin — very thin: a wafer-thin slice.
- wage drift — the change in the amount by which actual earnings exceed negotiated earnings
- wall fruit — fruit grown on trees trained against a wall for the shelter and warmth it provides
- wanrestful — uneasy or restless
- warfighter — A soldier in combat.
- warm front — a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing.
- watch fire — a fire maintained during the night as a signal and for providing light and warmth for guards.
- water flag — a European iris, Iris pseudacorus, naturalized throughout eastern North America, with blue-green leaves and violet-veined, yellow flowers and growing in moist places.
- water flea — any of various small crustaceans that move about in the water like fleas, as those of the genus Daphnia.
- water leaf — (in Greek architecture and sculpture) a motif of heart-shaped leaves having a conspicuous midrib.
- water-fast — (of a color or dye) resistant to the effects caused by water; not changed or faded by the action of water.
- water-free — containing no water