10-letter words containing f, s, t, a
- forsythias — Plural form of forsythia.
- fortalices — Plural form of fortalice.
- 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).
- frameshift — the addition or deletion of one or more nucleotides in a strand of DNA, which shifts the codon triplets of the genetic code of messenger RNA and causes a misreading during translation, resulting in an aberrant protein and therefore a mutation.
- frankfurts — a small, cooked and smoked sausage of beef or beef and pork, with or without casing; hot dog; wiener.
- fraternise — to associate in a fraternal or friendly way.
- fraternism — (obsolete) fraternization.
- fraudsters — Plural form of fraudster.
- free skate — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- free state — U.S. History. (before the Civil War) a state in which slavery was prohibited.
- freshwater — of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- fricatives — Plural form of fricative.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frugalista — (informal) A person (especially a woman) who is fashionable while being thrifty.
- fruitcakes — Plural form of fruitcake.
- frustrated — Obsolete. frustrated.
- frustrater — One who or that which frustrates.
- frustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of frustrate.
- full blast — a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- fulminates — Plural form of fulminate.
- fumigators — Plural form of fumigator.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- fungistats — Plural form of fungistat.
- fustanella — a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
- fustianist — a person who uses pompous or bombastic language
- fustianize — to use pompous or bombastic language
- fustigated — Simple past tense and past participle of fustigate.
- fustinella — a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.
- gas fitter — a person who installs gas pipes and apparatus in buildings.
- gearshifts — Plural form of gearshift.
- ghastfully — in a ghastful manner
- goatfishes — Plural form of goatfish.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- graffitist — plural of graffito.
- guest flag — a rectangular white flag flown at the starboard main spreader or main yardarm of a yacht when the owner is away but guests are on board.
- guitarfish — any sharklike ray of the family Rhinobatidae, of warm seas, resembling a guitar in shape.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- half twist — Diving. a dive made by a half rotation of the body on its long axis. Compare full twist.
- half-caste — a contemptuous term used to refer to a person of mixed racial or ethnic descent.
- half-shaft — The half-shaft or half axle is the shaft in a vehicle along which power is sent from the final drive to one driven wheel or a pair of wheels.
- half-staff — half-mast.
- half-stuff — (in a manufacturing process) any material half formed, especially partly prepared pulp for making paper.
- ham-fisted — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hammerfest — a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.
- handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
- handfasted — Simple past tense and past participle of handfast.
- hard stuff — strongly addictive drugs.
- hardfisted — mean or miserly
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.