10-letter words containing f, o, t, a
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- fontanelle — one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- fontinalis — a type of aquatic moss
- food stamp — any of the coupons sold or given under a federal program to eligible needy persons and redeemable for food at designated grocery stores or markets.
- foot brake — a brake that is operated by pressure on a foot pedal, as in an automobile.
- foot fault — a fault consisting in the failure of the server to keep both feet behind the base line until the ball is hit or to keep at least one foot on the ground while hitting the ball.
- foot valve — a nonreturn valve at the inlet end of a pipe
- footballer — a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team.
- footboards — Plural form of footboard.
- footcandle — Alt form foot candle.
- footguards — foot soldiers with ceremonial duties
- footplates — Plural form of footplate.
- footstalls — Plural form of footstall.
- foraminate — full of holes or foramina.
- forbearant — Forbearing.
- forcipated — Like a pair of forceps.
- fore-stage — the part of a stage in front of the curtain
- forecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forecaster — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- forecastle — a superstructure at or immediately aft of the bow of a vessel, used as a shelter for stores, machinery, etc., or as quarters for sailors.
- foredating — Present participle of foredate.
- forefather — an ancestor.
- foregather — forgather.
- forehearth — (in a blast furnace or cupola) a reservoir for iron or slag, accessible through a door at hearth level.
- forestalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forestall.
- forestland — land containing or covered with forests.
- foretastes — A sample or suggestion of something that lies ahead.
- foretopman — a member of a ship's crew stationed on the foretop.
- forfaiting — the financial service of discounting, without recourse, a promissory note, bill of exchange, letter of credit, etc, received from an overseas buyer by an exporter; a form of debt discounting
- formaliter — formally
- formations — Plural form of formation.
- formatives — Plural form of formative.
- formatters — Plural form of formatter.
- formatting — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- formicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate.
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- formulator — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- fornicated — Simple past tense and past participle of fornicate.
- fornicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate.
- fornicator — to commit fornication.
- forstalled — Simple past tense and past participle of forstall.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort bragg — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in S central North Carolina NW of Fayetteville.
- fort payne — a town in NE Alabama.
- fort wayne — a city in NE Indiana.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- fortepiano — a piano of the late 18th and early 19th centuries with greater clarity but less volume, resonance, and dynamic range than a modern grand, revived in the late 20th century for the performance of the music of its period.
- fortran 66 — Fortran IV standardised. ASA X3.9-1966.
- fortran 77 — A popular version of Fortran with Block IF, PARAMETER and SAVE statements added, but still no WHILE. It has fixed-length character strings, format-free I/O, and arrays with lower bounds.