8-letter words containing f, r, o, n, t
- inflator — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- montfort — Simon de [see-mawn duh] /siˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), c1160–1218, French leader of the crusade against the Albigenses.
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- norcroft — (Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now "sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the transputer, ARM and others.
- notifier — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- on draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- renotify — to notify again
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- seafront — an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- softener — Chemistry. any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity. water softener.
- stanford — (Amasa) Leland, 1824–93, U.S. railroad developer, politician, and philanthropist: governor of California 1861–63; senator 1885–93.
- turbofan — a jet engine having a large impeller that takes in air, part of which is used in combustion of fuel, the remainder being mixed with the products of combustion to form a low-velocity exhaust jet.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- turn-off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- up front — of or relating to the front.
- up-front — invested or paid in advance or as beginning capital: an up-front fee of five percent and an additional five percent when the job is done.
- y-fronts — Y-fronts are men's or boys' underwear with an opening at the front.