10-letter words containing n, a, o, t
- 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).
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fractional — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- fractioned — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
- frictional — of, relating to, or of the nature of friction.
- frobnicate — /frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus: "Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also "Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees the construction "to frob a frob". Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation; "twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has also been reported.
- front-load — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- front-page — of major importance; worth putting on the first page of a newspaper.
- front-rank — among the best or most important; foremost; topnotch.
- frontality — the representation of the front view of figures or objects in a work of art.
- frontstall — chanfron.
- frontwards — in a direction toward the front.
- frontwoman — The lead female singer in a band.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fulminator — One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- functional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- funeration — (obsolete) the act of burying with funeral rites.
- gadolinite — a silicate mineral from which the rare-earth metals gadolinium, holmium, and rhenium are extracted.
- galactosan — galactan.
- gallstones — Plural form of gallstone.
- game point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the game.
- gansevoort — Peter, 1749–1812, U.S. general: soldier in the American Revolutionary War.
- gastronome — a connoisseur of good food; gourmet; epicure.
- gastronomy — the art or science of good eating.
- gastroporn — the representation of food in a highly sensual manner
- gate money — Gate money is the total amount of money that is paid by the people who go to a sports match or other event.
- gelatinoid — resembling gelatin; gelatinous.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- gemination — a doubling; duplication; repetition.
- generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generators — Plural form of generator.
- geobotanic — phytogeography.
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- gigatonnes — Plural form of gigatonne.
- glaciation — to cover with ice or glaciers.
- glasnostic — relating to the policy of glasnost
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- gleization — the natural process of producing gley.
- gloatingly — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- glottidean — Of or relating to the glottis; glottal.
- go against — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-carting — Go-carting is the sport of racing or riding on go-carts.
- go-karting — racing in small vehicle
- goaltender — a goalkeeper.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gondoletta — a small Venetian gondola.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.