10-letter words containing f, r, o, s, t
- formicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formicate.
- formulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of formulate.
- fornicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fornicate.
- forstalled — Simple past tense and past participle of forstall.
- forsterite — the magnesium end member, Mg 2 SiO 4 , of the olivine group.
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fort bliss — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center NE of El Paso in W Texas.
- fort boise — a fort formerly near Boise, in SW Idaho: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort lewis — a military reservation in W central Washington State, SW of Tacoma.
- fort meigs — Fort. Fort Meigs.
- fort smith — a city in W Arkansas, on the Arkansas River.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- fortissimo — (a direction) very loud.
- fortnights — Plural form of fortnight.
- fortransit — (language) Fortran Internal Translator. A subset of Fortran translated into IT on the IBM 650. It was in use in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Compilation took place in several steps (using punched cards as the only input/output media). FORTRANSIT was converted to IT Internal Translator which was converted into SOAP and thence to machine code. In the SOAP -> machine code step, the user had to include card decks for all the subroutines used in his FORTRANSIT program (including e.g. square root, sine, and even basic floating point routines).
- fortressed — Simple past tense and past participle of fortress.
- fortresses — Plural form of fortress.
- fortuities — Plural form of fortuity.
- fortuitism — the doctrine that evolutionary adaptations are the result of chance
- fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- foster son — a boy raised like one's own son, though not such by birth or adoption.
- fosterling — foster child.
- fosterment — The act of fostering or encouraging something.
- fourposter — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- fourscorth — eightieth
- freestones — Plural form of freestone.
- frightsome — Frightening; frightful; fearful; causing fear.
- frithsoken — (from Old English) a refuge; a sanctuary
- frithstool — (in Anglo-Saxon England) a seat in a church, placed near the altar, for persons who claimed the right of sanctuary.
- frog's-bit — an aquatic, floating plant, Hydrocharis morsus-ranae, of Eurasia, having thick, roundish, spongy leaves.
- frogmouths — Plural form of frogmouth.
- front desk — a desk at which a receptionist works, as in an office.
- front list — a publisher's sales list of newly or recently published books, especially those of popular or ephemeral appeal.
- frontlines — Plural form of frontline.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frost boil — frost heave.
- frost line — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- frost stud — an antislip device fitted to a horse's shoe
- frost-free — (of a refrigerator or other cooling appliance) not requiring defrosting; remaining free of ice buildup.
- frostbites — Plural form of frostbite.
- frostbound — (of ground) hardened by frost
- frostiness — The quality of being frosty.
- frothiness — The quality of being frothy.
- fructoside — a glycoside that yields fructose upon hydrolysis.
- fruit shop — a shop that sells a variety of edible fruits
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fumitories — Plural form of fumitory.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.