10-letter words containing f, a, s, t, e
- fluctuates — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- flyswatter — A hand-held device for swatting flies or other insects, to kill or shoo them.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- footplates — Plural form of footplate.
- fore-stage — the part of a stage in front of the curtain
- forecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forecaster — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forecastle — a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- forestalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forestall.
- forestland — land containing or covered with forests.
- foretastes — A sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead.
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- formatters — Plural form of formatter.
- formicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- fornicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate.
- forstalled — Simple past tense and past participle of forstall.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- fraternise — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- fraudsters — Plural form of fraudster.
- free skate — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- free state — U.S. History. (before the Civil War) a state in which slavery was prohibited.
- freshwater — of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- frustrated — Obsolete. frustrated.
- frustrater — One who or that which frustrates.
- frustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frustrate.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- fustanella — a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
- fustianize — to use pompous or bombastic language
- fustigated — Simple past tense and past participle of fustigate.
- fustinella — a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
- gas fitter — a person who installs gas pipes and apparatus in buildings.
- gearshifts — Plural form of gearshift.
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- guest flag — a rectangular white flag flown at the starboard main spreader or main yardarm of a yacht when the owner is away but guests are on board.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammerfest — a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.
- handfasted — Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.
- hardfisted — mean or miserly
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- head-first — If you move head-first in a particular direction, your head is the part of your body that is furthest forward as you are moving.
- hofstadter — Richard, 1916–70, U.S. historian.