9-letter words containing f, i, t, a
- fricative — (of a speech sound) characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted or partially obstructed passage in the vocal tract; spirantal; spirant.
- frigatoon — a Venetian sailing ship with a square stern
- frittatas — Plural form of frittata.
- frizzante — (of wine) semisparkling.
- froissart — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- frontalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontalis muscle.
- frugalist — A person who acts frugally.
- frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
- fruit bat — any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 cm to 1.5 meters).
- fruit jar — a glass jar for preserving fruit or vegetables, usually holding one pint or one quart and having an airtight cap.
- fruitcake — a rich cake containing dried or candied fruit, nuts, etc.
- fulminant — occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
- fulminate — to explode with a loud noise; detonate.
- fumigants — Plural form of fumigant.
- fumigated — Simple past tense and past participle of fumigate.
- fumigator — a person or thing that fumigates.
- fungistat — a fungistatic substance or preparation.
- furcation — forked; branching.
- fustigate — to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
- futabatei — Shimei [shee-mey] /ʃiˈmeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Tatsunosuke Hasegawa) 1864–1909, Japanese author.
- gearshift — shift lever.
- get a fix — take drug
- gift card — gift voucher in plastic card form
- gift-wrap — to wrap (something), as a package, with decorative paper, ribbon, etc., for presentation as a gift.
- gratified — Obsolete. to reward; remunerate.
- gratifier — Someone who gratifies.
- gratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gratify.
- half pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- hamfisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- headfirst — with the head in front or bent forward; headforemost: He dived headfirst into the sea.
- hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- impactful — having or manifesting a great impact or effect: After the senator's impactful speech, her bill passed.
- infanteer — a solider belonging to the infantry
- infantile — characteristic of or befitting an infant; babyish; childish: infantile behavior.
- infantine — infantile.
- infarcted — a localized area of tissue, as in the heart or kidney, that is dying or dead, having been deprived of its blood supply because of an obstruction by embolism or thrombosis.
- infatuate — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
- infectant — to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- infestant — a parasite
- inflating — Present participle of inflate.
- inflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- inflative — causing inflation; tending to inflate (something) or produce swelling
- informant — a person who informs or gives information; informer.
- infracted — to break, violate, or infringe (a law, commitment, etc.).