8-letter words containing a, t, f, u
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- ghastful — frightful.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- loathful — Scot. bashful; reluctant.
- mud flat — the muddy, nearly level bed of a dry lake.
- mudflats — Plural form of mudflat.
- mule-fat — a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds.
- natufian — designating or of a Mesolithic culture of the Near East characterized by microliths, sickles, pestles, etc.: it offers the first evidence of reaping and grinding cereals
- no-fault — Also called no-fault insurance. a form of automobile insurance designed to enable the policyholder in case of an accident to collect a certain basic compensation promptly for economic loss from his or her own insurance company without determination of liability.
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outfalls — Plural form of outfall.
- outfeast — to exceed in feasting
- outflank — to go or extend beyond the flank of (an opposing military unit); turn the flank of.
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- outflash — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- outfloat — to float longer than
- plateful — the amount that a plate will hold.
- quantify — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- run-flat — (of an automobile tire) constructed so as not to deflate completely after a puncture so that a motorist can still drive the vehicle for some distance.
- stageful — the number of people, or the amount of something, that fills a stage
- startful — tending to make sudden small involuntary movements of the body from fright or nerves, etc
- subshaft — a secondary shaft in a mine
- sufflate — to inflate.
- surf mat — a small inflatable rubber mattress used to ride on waves
- surfboat — a strong, buoyant rowboat with high ends, adapted for beaching and passing through surf.
- tableful — the number of persons that can be seated at a table.
- tartuffe — (italics) a comedy (1664–69) by Molière.
- tasteful — having, displaying, or in accordance with good taste: tasteful clothing; a tasteful room.
- thankful — feeling or expressing gratitude; appreciative.
- thus far — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- tradeful — (of shops etc) full of trade
- truffaut — François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1932–84, French film director.
- tub-fast — (in the past) a period of fasting and sweating in a hot tub, intended as a cure for venereal disease
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turf war — dispute over territory
- unartful — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- unfasten — to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
- unfaulty — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- unsafety — unsafe state or condition; exposure to danger or risk; insecurity.
- ut infra — as below