8-letter words containing f, a, t
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- footbath — a bath for soothing or cleaning the feet.
- footcare — of or relating to the care of one's feet: a footcare specialist.
- footfall — a footstep.
- footgear — covering for the feet, as shoes, boots, etc.
- footmark — a footprint.
- footpace — walking pace.
- footpads — Plural form of footpad.
- footpage — an errand-boy
- footpath — a path for people going on foot.
- footrace — a race run by contestants on foot.
- footwall — Mining. the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore. Compare hanging wall (def 1).
- footways — Plural form of footway.
- footwear — articles to be worn on the feet, as shoes, slippers, or boots.
- forecast — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- foredate — to antedate.
- foremast — the mast nearest the bow in all vessels having two or more masts.
- forepart — the first, front, or early part.
- forepast — bygone
- forestal — a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- forestay — a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- foretake — (transitive) To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
- forktail — Any of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- formants — Plural form of formant.
- formated — Misspelling of formatted.
- formates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formate.
- formator — (semiotics) A symbol that indicates a relationship between designators.
- forstall — Obsolete form of forestall.
- forstand — (transitive) To stand against; oppose; withstand.
- forswatt — sweat-covered
- fortrash — (abuse, language) /for'trash/ Hackerism for the Fortran language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics.
- forwaste — to waste completely
- fostoria — a city in N Ohio.
- fotograf — Eye dialect of photograph.
- foucault — Jean Bernard Léon [zhahn ber-nar ley-awn] /ʒɑ̃ bɛrˈnar leɪˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1819–68, French physicist.
- foulmart — the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- foumarts — Plural form of foumart.
- fountain — a spring or source of water; the source or head of a stream.
- foveated — having foveae; pitted.
- foxtails — Plural form of foxtail.
- fractals — Plural form of fractal.
- fractile — (statistics) The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
- fracting — Alternative form of fracking.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- fractons — Plural form of fracton.
- fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- fragfest — (computing, gaming) Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.
- fragment — fragmentation
- fragrant — having a pleasant scent or aroma; sweet-smelling; sweet-scented: a fragrant rose.
- frailest — Superlative form of frail.