9-letter words containing f, a, t, s
- 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.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fumigants — Plural form of fumigant.
- fungistat — a fungistatic substance or preparation.
- fustigate — to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
- gatefolds — Plural form of gatefold.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- gratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gratify.
- half rest — a rest equal in time value to a half note.
- half step — Music. semitone.
- half-mast — a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.
- half-shut — partially closed
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- handstaff — a small spear
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- hoarfrost — frost (def 2).
- holdfasts — Plural form of holdfast.
- hoofbeats — Plural form of hoofbeat.
- hot flash — a sudden, temporary sensation of heat experienced by some women during menopause.
- infestant — a parasite
- infuscate — darkened with a fuscous or brownish tinge.
- isografts — Plural form of isograft.
- jackshaft — Also called countershaft. a short shaft, connected by belting, gears, etc., that transmits motion from a motor or engine to a machine or machines being driven (distinguished from main shaft).
- jackstaff — A short flagpole at a ship’s bow, on which a jack is flown.
- jazzfests — Plural form of jazzfest.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- leaf rust — a disease, especially of cereals and other grasses, characterized by rust-colored pustules of spores on the affected leaf blades and sheaths and caused by any of several rust fungi.
- leaf site — A machine that merely originates and reads Usenet news or mail, and does not relay any third-party traffic. Often uttered in a critical tone; when the ratio of leaf sites to backbone, rib, and other relay sites gets too high, the network tends to develop bottlenecks. Compare backbone site, rib site.
- leaf spot — a limited, often circular, discolored, diseased area on a leaf, usually including a central region of necrosis.
- leafstalk — petiole (def 1).
- leftwards — Also, leftwards. toward or on the left.
- lifeboats — Plural form of lifeboat.
- lift-slab — noting or pertaining to a technique of constructing multistory buildings in which all horizontal slabs are cast at ground level and, when ready, are raised into position by hydraulic jacks.
- liftgates — Plural form of liftgate.
- lightfast — not affected or faded by light, especially sunlight; colorfast when exposed to light.
- 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.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- manifesto — a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- manifests — Plural form of manifest.
- masterful — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- meat safe — a container where meat is stored
- mews flat — a flat or apartment situated in a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings
- mineshaft — A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.