9-letter words containing f, a, n, t, s
- flatlings — with the flat side, as of a sword
- fontanels — Plural form of fontanel.
- foscarnet — a drug used to treat herpes viruses
- fountains — Plural form of fountain.
- fractions — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fragments — Plural form of fragment.
- frontages — Plural form of frontage.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frontlash — an action or opinion that is in reaction to a backlash.
- fructosan — any of the class of hexosans, as inulin and the like, that yield fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fumigants — Plural form of fumigant.
- fungistat — a fungistatic substance or preparation.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- handstaff — a small spear
- infestant — a parasite
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- loanshift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- nosferatu — Alternative form of Nosferatu.
- outflanks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outflank.
- pantofles — a slipper.
- rankshift — (in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday.
- saintfoin — sainfoin.
- sea front — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- self-want — to feel a need or a desire for; wish for: to want one's dinner; always wanting something new.
- soft loan — A soft loan is a loan with a very low interest rate. Soft loans are usually made to developing countries or to businesses in developing countries.
- soft-land — to cause to land slowly and without jarring impact: to soft-land the module on the planet's surface.
- songcraft — the art of songwriting
- stand for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stand off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- stand-off — a standing off or apart; aloofness.
- standfast — a rigid or unyielding position.
- sternfast — a rope for securing a boat at stern to another boat, dock, or buoy
- stoneface — living stones.
- sulfation — Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- sulfonate — an ester or salt derived from a sulfonic acid.
- tanstaafl — /tan'stah-fl/ (From Robert Heinlein's classic "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress") "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch". Often invoked when someone is balking at the prospect of using an unpleasantly heavyweight technique, or at the poor quality of some piece of free software, or at the signal-to-noise ratio of unmoderated Usenet newsgroups. "What? Don't tell me I have to implement a database back end to get my address book program to work!" "Well, TANSTAAFL you know." This phrase owes some of its popularity to the high concentration of science-fiction fans and political libertarians in hackerdom.
- trans fat — trans-fatty acid.
- trans-fat — trans-fatty acid.
- transfect — to cause transfection in (a cell).
- transform — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transfuse — to transfer or pass from one to another; transmit; instill: to transfuse a love of literature to one's students.
- unfairest — most unfair
- unstaffed — a group of persons, as employees, charged with carrying out the work of an establishment or executing some undertaking.
- westfalen — German name of Westphalia.