8-letter words containing f, a, t
- grow fat — If you say that a person or organization has grown fat on something, you mean that they have become very rich as a result of it.
- haftarah — a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.
- hakafoth — a ceremony on Simhath Torah and on other occasions in which members of a synagogue congregation carry Torah scrolls around the synagogue seven or more times.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- 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.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- handfast — Archaic. a covenant or contract, especially a betrothal, usually completed by a handclasp.
- hartford — a state in the NE United States. 5009 sq. mi. (12,975 sq. km). Capital: Hartford. Abbreviation: Conn., Ct., CT (for use with zip code).
- 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.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- headfast — a mooring rope at the bows of a ship
- heartful — An amount of emotion considered to be present in the heart.
- holdfast — something used to hold or secure a thing in place; a catch, hook, clamp, etc.
- hoofbeat — the sound made by an animal's hoof in walking, running, etc.
- in faith — indeed; really
- inartful — Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- infantry — soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- infarcts — Plural form of infarct.
- 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.
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- inflatus — A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.
- infracts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of infract.
- ingrafts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingraft.
- intifada — (sometimes initial capital letter) a revolt begun in December 1987 by Palestinian Arabs to protest Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- 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
- isograft — syngraft.
- jazzfest — A festival of jazz music.
- kalifate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- 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.
- lactific — yielding milk
- landfast — attached to or grounded on shore or land: landfast ice.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- 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.