10-letter words containing a, t, f
- autoformat — Lb transitive To cause the layout of (a document) to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back shaft — a spindle carrying back gears.
- back shift — a group of workers who work a shift from late afternoon to midnight in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a night shift is also worked
- back staff — an obsolete instrument for determining the altitude of the sun by facing away from the sun, sighting upon the horizon, adjusting a cursor until its shadow falls upon the sight through which the horizon appears, and measuring the resulting arc.
- bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
- bank draft — A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
- barefooted — Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- barefooter — One who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.
- bass flute — the lowest instrument in the flute family, pitched one octave below the concert flute
- bass staff — a staff marked with a bass clef.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- batter-fry — to coat with batter and fry in deep fat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- bean feast — (formerly) an annual dinner or party given by an employer for employees.
- bean-feast — (formerly) an annual dinner or party given by an employer for employees.
- beanfeasts — Plural form of beanfeast.
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- beatifical — Beatific.
- beatifying — Present participle of beatify.
- beautified — Simple past tense and past participle of beautify.
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- beautifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify.
- beautifull — Obsolete spelling of beautiful.
- beautifuls — having beauty; possessing qualities that give great pleasure or satisfaction to see, hear, think about, etc.; delighting the senses or mind: a beautiful dress; a beautiful speech.
- beefeaters — Plural form of beefeater.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- board foot — a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- boot-faced — wearing a stern, disapproving expression
- brain fart — (jargon, humour) 1. The actual result of a braino, as opposed to the mental glitch that is the braino itself. E.g. typing "dir" on a Unix box after a session with MS-DOS. 2. A biproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?"
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- buffy coat — a yellowish-white layer consisting of leukocytes that, upon centrifugation of blood, covers the red blood cells.
- bull float — a machine for giving the final surfacing to an area of concrete, as on a road.
- butt shaft — a blunt-headed unbarbed arrow
- by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.