8-letter words containing f, t
- autofire — (video games) A feature on a joystick that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
- autoflow — (transitive, computing) To flow (text) automatically.
- autograf — (tool) A system for describing bar charts.
- awfulest — Superlative form of awful.
- backfist — a karate punch with the back of a clenched hand.
- backfoot — (transitive) To put on the defensive; to put off balance.
- backlift — the backward movement of a cricket bat in preparation for a swing
- baitfish — any small fish used as bait for larger fish
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bar foot — a foot having the form of a bar connecting the corresponding front and rear legs of a piece.
- barefoot — Someone who is barefoot or barefooted is not wearing anything on their feet.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- beatific — A beatific expression shows or expresses great happiness and calmness.
- beaufort — Henry. ?1374–1447, English cardinal, half-brother of Henry IV; chancellor (1403–04, 1413–17, 1424–26)
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- beef tea — a drink made by boiling pieces of lean beef: often given to invalids to stimulate the appetite
- beerfest — a beer festival
- benefact — to be a benefactor to
- benefits — The benefits of a life or medical insurance policy are the money that it pays out.
- benfleet — a town in SE England, in S Essex on an inlet of the Thames estuary. Pop: 48 539 (2001)
- best fit — (algorithm) A resource allocation scheme (usually for memory). Best Fit allocates resources in a way that optimises some parameter. Alternative schemes such as first fit or random allocation are likely to be quicker but sub-optimal in use of resources. For example, when allocating a new block of memory from a pool of free blocks (a heap), one might choose the smallest space which is big enough. This would leave larger spaces free to satisfy larger requests and reduce fragmentation of the remaining free space.
- biforate — having two openings, pores, or perforations
- big foot — a very large, hairy, humanoid creature reputed to inhabit wilderness areas of the U.S. and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.
- blastoff — Blastoff is the moment when a rocket leaves the ground and rises into the air to begin a journey into space.
- boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
- boatlift — an evacuation or rescue by boat
- bobfloat — a small buoyant float, usually consisting of a quill stuck through a piece of cork
- body fat — the amount of fat on a person's body
- bogotify — (jargon) /boh-go't*-fi:/ To make or become bad. A program that has been changed so many times as to become completely disorganised has become bogotified. If you tighten a nut too hard and strip the threads on the bolt, the bolt has become bogotified. See also bogosity.
- bouffant — A bouffant hairstyle is one in which your hair is high and full.
- bowfront — having a front that curves outwards
- briefest — lasting or taking a short time; of short duration: a brief walk; a brief stay in the country.
- buckfast — a fortified tonic wine
- buff top — a very low, almost flat, cabochon cut.
- buffcoat — buff1 (def 6).
- buffeted — a blow, as with the hand or fist.
- bun foot — a foot having the form of a slightly flattened ball.
- bunfight — a tea party
- cafestol — A diterpene molecule present in coffee.
- caftaned — wearing a caftan
- caitiffs — Plural form of caitiff.
- califate — the rank, jurisdiction, or government of a caliph.
- califont — a gas water heater
- camshaft — A camshaft is a rod in an engine and works to change circular motion into motion up and down or from side to side.
- cart off — to carry or remove brusquely or by force
- cast off — If you cast off something, you get rid of it because it is no longer necessary or useful to you, or because it is harmful to you.
- cast-off — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- castoffs — Plural form of castoff.
- cat cafe — a business establishment that has numerous cats available for customers to play with, and usually offers food and drinks.
- cat flap — opening in door for cat