10-letter words containing f, a, i, t
- fatiscence — the state of having cracks or chinks
- fatty acid — any of a class of aliphatic acids, especially palmitic, stearic, or oleic acid, consisting of a long hydrocarbon chain ending in a carboxyl group that bonds to glycerol to form a fat.
- fault line — the intersection of a fault with the surface of the earth or other plane of reference.
- fault-find — to seek out minor imperfections or errors; carp
- faultiness — having faults or defects; imperfect.
- fauxminist — a person who makes an insincere pretence of feminism
- favoristic — Characterized by favoritism.
- favoritest — (nonstandard) favorite.
- favoritism — the favoring of one person or group over others with equal claims; partiality: to show favoritism toward the youngest child.
- favourites — Plural form of favourite.
- feathering — one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
- federating — Present participle of federate.
- federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
- federative — pertaining to or of the nature of a federation.
- felicitate — to compliment upon a happy event; congratulate.
- fellatio's — oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellatrice — a female fellator
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- feminality — The quality of being feminal; femininity.
- feneration — the lending of money on interest.
- fergiegate — the scandal resulting from a News of the World sting operation in which Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, was videotaped offering access to her former husband, Prince Andrew, for £500,000
- fetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- fiat money — paper currency made legal tender by a fiat of the government, but not based on or convertible into coin.
- fibrillate — to cause to undergo fibrillation.
- fibroblast — a cell that contributes to the formation of connective tissue fibers.
- fieldcraft — (military) The basic military skills required to operate in the field, such as stealth, camouflage, and observation.
- fight back — retaliate
- figurantes — Plural form of figurante.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- filamented — Of or relating to a filament; having filaments; filamentous.
- filet lace — a square mesh net or lace, originally knotted by hand but now copied by machine.
- filiations — Plural form of filiation.
- film at 11 — (jargon) (MIT, in parody of US TV newscasters) 1. Used in conversation to announce ordinary events, with a sarcastic implication that these events are earth-shattering. "ITS crashes; film at 11." "Bug found in scheduler; film at 11." 2. Also widely used outside MIT to indicate that additional information will be available at some future time, *without* the implication of anything particularly ordinary about the referenced event. For example, "The mail file server died this morning; we found garbage all over the root directory. Film at 11." would indicate that a major failure had occurred but that the people working on it have no additional information about it as yet; use of the phrase in this way suggests gently that the problem is liable to be fixed more quickly if the people doing the fixing can spend time doing the fixing rather than responding to questions, the answers to which will appear on the normal "11:00 news", if people will just be patient.
- filterable — capable of being filtered.
- filtrating — Present participle of filtrate.
- filtration — liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
- finalities — Plural form of finality.
- find fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fire trail — a permanent track cleared through the bush to provide access for fire-fighting
- fire-eater — an entertainer who pretends to eat fire.
- firemaster — (Scotland) The chief of a fire brigade.
- firmaments — Plural form of firmament.
- first base — Baseball. the first in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate. the position of the player covering the area of the infield near first base.
- first dark — twilight.
- first hand — from the first or original source: We heard the news of the accident firsthand from a witness.
- first lady — (often initial capital letters) the wife of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.