10-letter words containing l, o, f, t
- frontlines — Plural form of frontline.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frost boil — frost heave.
- frost line — the maximum depth at which soil is frozen.
- fruit bowl — dish for displaying fruit
- full monty — the, the whole thing; everything that is wanted or needed: At the press briefing, the reporters got the full monty.
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- futurology — the study or forecasting of trends or developments in science, technology, political or social structure, etc.
- gentlefolk — persons of good family and breeding.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- healthfood — Alternative spelling of health food.
- hold forth — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- hosts file — (networking) A text file on a networked computer used to associate host names with IP addresses. A hosts file contains lines consisting of whitespace-separated fields giving an IP address followed by list of host names or aliases associated with that address. The name resolution library software can use this file to look up the IP address for a host name. The hosts file is "/etc/hosts" on Unix and "C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts" or "lmhosts" on Microsoft Windows, In most cases, hosts files have now been almost entirely replaced by DNS, in which distributed servers provide the same information. A hosts file can still be used to override DNS for testing purposes or other special situations.
- inflations — Plural form of inflation.
- inflection — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- infliction — the act of inflicting.
- just folks — Usually, folks. (used with a plural verb) people in general: Folks say there wasn't much rain last summer.
- kefalotiri — Alternative form of kefalotyri.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- lakefronts — Plural form of lakefront.
- latifundio — a great estate of Latin America or Spain.
- leadfooted — awkward; clumsy.
- left arrow — (character) The graphic which the 1963 version of ASCII had in place of the underscore character, ASCII 95.
- leitmotifs — Plural form of leitmotif.
- let in for — to involve (oneself or another) in (something more than is expected)
- letterform — a sheet of stationery used for letters.
- life float — a ring-shaped float of balsa wood or metal tubing, having a grating or network at the center, for rescuing a number of survivors from a foundered vessel.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lightproof — impervious to light: a lightproof film cartridge.
- little fox — the constellation Vulpecula.
- lmgtfy.com — (humour, web) A somewhat sarcastic web service that animates the action of searching on Google. Instead of displaying the search results, the site creates a self-referential URL like that takes you to a page showing an animation of the actions of clicking in the Google search box, entering some text and clicking the submit button. It then takes you to the results on Google. The link is intended be sent to in answer to a question that could easily have been answered by Google. It is a more polite, if long-winded, way of saying JFGI or STFW. In the belief that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, the service helps the recipient to help himself while succinctly conveying the message that he is too stupid to use Google.
- loan-shift — change or extension of the meaning of a word through the influence of a foreign word, as in the application in English of the meaning “profession” to the word calling through the influence of Latin vocātio.
- look after — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- love feast — (among the early Christians) a meal eaten in token of brotherly love and charity; agape.
- malefactor — a person who violates the law; criminal.
- matrifocal — of, relating to, or designating a family unit or structure headed by the mother and lacking a father permanently or for extended periods.
- melon foot — a bun foot having vertical channels.
- milk float — a motor vehicle, usually battery powered, in which bottles or cartons of milk and other dairy products are delivered to homes by a daily or regular route.
- mistflower — a North American composite plant, Eupatorium coelestinum, having heads of blue flowers.
- mould loft — a building with a large floor area where someone reproduces in actual size a draughtsman's design for a ship or an aircraft
- mouth feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- mouth-feel — the tactile sensation a food gives to the mouth: a creamy mouthfeel.
- multiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by many single, relatively small flowers, as certain kinds of petunias or roses.
- multifocal — having several focuses.
- multifoils — Plural form of multifoil.
- mytiliform — shaped like a mussel
- nonfactual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonfatally — In a nonfatal manner; in a manner which will not result in death.