8-letter words containing o, f, t, r
- karafuto — Japanese name of Sakhalin.
- koftgari — the art of inlaying steel with gold
- leftover — Usually, leftovers. food remaining uneaten at the end of a meal, especially when saved for later use.
- montfort — Simon de [see-mawn duh] /siˈmɔ̃ də/ (Show IPA), c1160–1218, French leader of the crusade against the Albigenses.
- mortific — causing death
- mortsafe — a heavy iron cage or grille placed over the grave of a newly deceased person in order to deter body snatchers
- natiform — resembling the buttocks; buttock-shaped
- norcroft — (Contraction of Norman + Mycroft) A company producing C compilers, set up by Arthur Norman and Alan Mycroft. Now "sort of" called Codemist. The original Norcroft compiler was written by Alan and Arthur to provide a platform for teaching languages and compilers on the Cambridge University mainframe. They then went on to develop versions for the transputer, ARM and others.
- notifier — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- of sorts — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- offereth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of offer.
- offprint — Also called separate. a reprint of an article that originally appeared as part of a larger publication.
- offtrack — occurring or carried on away from a racetrack: offtrack betting.
- old fart — fart (def 2).
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- on draft — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- outfires — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outfire.
- outflare — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- outfrown — to outdo in frowning; silence, abash, or subdue by frowning.
- over-fat — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- overfast — too fast
- oversoft — too soft
- part-off — a screen used to divide off part of a room, such as the eating place of a parlour
- parts of — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- pentroof — a roof sloping in only one direction
- perfecto — a rather thick, medium-sized cigar tapering almost down to a point at each end.
- pfortran — Parallel Fortran
- piedfort — a coin or pattern struck on a blank thicker than that used for the regular issue.
- platform — a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area.
- portfire — (formerly) a slow-burning fuse used for firing rockets and fireworks and, in mining, for igniting explosives
- postfire — of or relating to the period after a fire
- postform — to remould or reshape plastic after reheating
- profiter — Often, profits. pecuniary gain resulting from the employment of capital in any transaction. Compare gross profit, net profit. the ratio of such pecuniary gain to the amount of capital invested. returns, proceeds, or revenue, as from property or investments.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).
- r factor — a genetic component of some bacteria that provides resistance to antibiotics and can be transferred from one bacterium to another by conjugation.
- ratproof — impenetrable by rats, resistant to rats
- reforest — to replant trees on (land denuded by cutting or fire).
- reformat — the shape and size of a book as determined by the number of times the original sheet has been folded to form the leaves. Compare duodecimo, folio (def 2), octavo, quarto.
- renotify — to notify again
- reoutfit — to outfit again
- resoften — to make or become soft again
- retiform — netlike; reticulate.
- retrofit — to modify equipment (in airplanes, automobiles, a factory, etc.) that is already in service using parts developed or made available after the time of original manufacture.
- roof rat — a black rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus, often found on the upper floors of buildings in warm areas.
- rooftree — the ridgepole of a roof.
- root for — to encourage a team or contestant by cheering or applauding enthusiastically. Synonyms: cheer, cheer on, shout for, applaud, clap, boost, support.
- rotflmao — (chat) Rolling on the floor laughing my ass (arse) off. An extreme form of ROTFL.
- rotifera — the phylum or class comprising the rotifers.
- rotiform — shaped like a wheel.