10-letter words containing f, r, a, t
- anti-draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- antifebrin — acetanilide.
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antifreeze — Antifreeze is a liquid which is added to water to stop it freezing. It is used in car radiators in cold weather.
- antireform — opposed to reform
- apart from — You use apart from when you are making an exception to a general statement.
- aquafortis — concentrated nitric acid, used for etching
- arctic fox — a fox, Alopex lagopus, of arctic regions, whose fur is dark grey in the summer and white in the winter
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- artfulness — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- artificers — Plural form of artificer.
- artificial — Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
- arty-farty — If you describe someone as arty-farty, you are criticizing them for being interested in artistic ideas or activities that most people do not think are interesting or worthwhile.
- ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- autoformat — Lb transitive To cause the layout of (a document) to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- bank draft — A bank draft is a cheque which you can buy from a bank in order to pay someone who is not willing to accept a personal cheque.
- barefooted — Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- barefooter — One who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.
- bast fiber — bast (def 2).
- bast-fiber — Botany. phloem.
- batter-fry — to coat with batter and fry in deep fat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- bear fruit — plant: produce fruit
- beautifier — A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful.
- beefeaters — Plural form of beefeater.
- beefmaster — one of a breed of fast-growing beef cattle of the western U.S., tolerant of humidity, heat, and insects, developed by crossbreeding Brahman, Hereford, and Shorthorn stock.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- benefactor — A benefactor is a person who helps a person or organization by giving them money.
- beta fiber — a nonflammable glass fiber made into fabrics, insulation, etc.
- bifurcated — divided into two branches.
- board foot — a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick
- brain fart — (jargon, humour) 1. The actual result of a braino, as opposed to the mental glitch that is the braino itself. E.g. typing "dir" on a Unix box after a session with MS-DOS. 2. A biproduct of a bloated mind producing information effortlessly. A burst of useful information. "I know you're busy on the Microsoft story, but can you give us a brain fart on the Mitnik bust?"
- breadfruit — Breadfruit are large round fruit that grow on trees in the Pacific Islands and in tropical parts of America and that, when baked, look and feel like bread.
- breadstuff — any form of bread
- breakfront — (of a bookcase, bureau, etc) having a slightly projecting central section
- broomstaff — a broomstick
- buffet car — a railway coach where light refreshments are served
- cafeterias — Plural form of cafeteria.
- cafetorium — a room, usually in a school or other educational institution, which serves both as a cafeteria and an auditorium
- calefactor — a heater
- call forth — to cause (something) to come into action or existence
- cant frame — any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
- carrot fly — a dipterous insect, Psila rosae, that is a serious pest of carrots. The larvae tunnel into the root to feed
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- catch fire — to ignite
- cfortran.h — (library) A transparent, machine independent interface between C and Fortran routines and global data, developed by Burkhard Burow at CERN. It provides macros which allow the C preprocessor to translate a simple description of a C (Fortran) routine or global data into a Fortran (C) interface. Version 2.6 runs on VAX/VMS/Ultrix, DECstation, Silicon Graphics, IBM RS/6000, Sun, Cray, Apollo, HP9000, LynxOS, f2c, NAG f90. cfortran.h was reviewed in RS/Magazine November 1992 and a user's experiences with cfortran.h are described in the Jan 93 issue of Computers in Physics.
- chair lift — A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.