8-letter words containing f, a, t, e
- giftware — china, crystal, or other items suitable for gifts.
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- go after — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- graftage — the art or practice of inserting a part of one plant into another plant in such a way that the two will unite and continue their growth.
- grafters — the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- grateful — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- greatful — Misspelling of grateful.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- hasteful — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatefull — Obsolete form of hateful.
- hatfield — a town in central Hertfordshire, in SE England: incorporated into (Welwyn Hatfield) 1974.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- infinate — Misspelling of infinite.
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- inflater — A pump used to inflate tires.
- inflates — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- ipatieff — Vladimir Nikolaievich (ˈvlædɪmɪə ˌnɪkəˈlaɪəvɪtʃ). 1867–1952, US physicist, born in Russia. He discovered the structure of isoprene (1897) and later developed high-octane fuels
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- l'enfant — ˈPierre Charles (ˈpjɛʀ ʃaʀl) ; pyer shȧrlˈ) 1754-1825; Fr. engineer & architect who served in the Am. Revolutionary army & drew up plans for Washington, D.C.
- leadfoot — a person who drives a motor vehicle too fast, especially habitually.
- leaf fat — a layer of fat that surrounds the kidneys, especially of a hog.
- leaf tea — tea sold in the form of leaves, rather than in tea bags
- leafiest — Superlative form of leafy.
- leaflets — Plural form of leaflet.
- lefthand — Alternative form of left-hand.
- leftward — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lifeboat — a double-ended ship's boat, constructed, mounted, and provisioned so as to be readily able to rescue and maintain persons from a sinking vessel.
- lifecast — a live video of one's daily activities, broadcast over the Internet: A lot of people are obsessed with following her daily lifecast.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- liferaft — Alternative spelling of life raft.
- liftable — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- makefast — any structure to which a ship is tied up, as a bollard or buoy.
- manifest — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- matfelon — knapweed
- meatloaf — A dish of ground meat formed into a loaf shape, mixed with egg and breadcrumbs, then baked or smoked, and usually served in slices.
- metafile — (graphics, file format) 1. An image file format for transport between different machines, often as a device independent bitmap. 2. A functional specification for encoding computer graphics for later display on some suitable device.
- metafont — A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- mule-fat — a composite shrub, Baccharis viminea, of California, having willowlike leaves and clustered flowers, growing in riverbeds.
- off-beat — to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly.
- offstage — off the stage or in the wings; away from the view of the audience (opposed to onstage).
- olefiant — producing or forming oil, most commonly ethylene
- outfable — to exceed in creating fables
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outfeast — to exceed in feasting