10-letter words containing o, f
- answer for — If you have to answer for something bad or wrong you have done, you are punished for it.
- antifogger — an antifoggant.
- antifouled — Simple past tense and past participle of antifoul.
- antireform — opposed to reform
- apart from — You use apart from when you are making an exception to a general statement.
- april fool — An April Fool is a trick that is played on April Fool's Day.
- apropos of — with regard to; in respect of
- aquafortis — concentrated nitric acid, used for etching
- aquiferous — conveying, containing or yielding water
- arboriform — Resembling a tree in shape or appearance.
- arctic fox — a fox, Alopex lagopus, of arctic regions, whose fur is dark grey in the summer and white in the winter
- arefaction — the act of drying, or a dried condition
- as follows — You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation.
- asafoetida — a bitter resin with an unpleasant onion-like smell, obtained from the roots of some umbelliferous plants of the genus Ferula: formerly used as a carminative, antispasmodic, and expectorant
- aside from — Aside from means the same as apart from. This form is more usual in American English.
- ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
- atef-crown — a symbolic headdress of certain Egyptian gods, as Osiris, and of Egyptian kings, consisting of a tall conical cap flanked by two plumes and bearing representations of the uraeus and the sun.
- auriferous — (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing
- ausforming — a treatment to strengthen hard steels, prior to quenching, in which the specimen is plastically deformed while it is in the austenite temperature range
- auto de fe — auto-da-fé
- auto-da-fe — a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics
- autoformat — Lb transitive To cause the layout of (a document) to be created or edited without further effort by the execution of a program.
- autografts — Plural form of autograft.
- axial flow — the flow of air parallel to the longitudinal axis of the engine of a jet aircraft
- axial-flow — having a fluid flow parallel to an axis of rotation, as in a turbine.
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back focus — the distance between the back surface of a lens and the focal plane when the lens is focused at infinity.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- backoffice — (software) A suite of network server software from Microsoft that includes Windows NT Server, BackOffice Server (for the integrated development, deployment, and management of BackOffice applications in departments, branch offices, and medium sized businesses); Exchange Server; Proxy Server; Site Server for intranet publishing, management, and search; Site Server Commerce Edition For comprehensive Internet commerce transactions; Small Business Server for business operations, resource management, and customer relations; SNA Server for the integration of existing and new systems and data; SQL Server for scalable, reliable database and data-warehousing; Systems Management Server (SMS) for centralised change- and configuration-management.
- baculiform — shaped like a rod
- ballflower — a carved ornament in the form of a ball enclosed by the three petals of a circular flower
- barefooted — Wearing nothing on the feet; barefoot.
- barefooter — One who takes part in water skiing without wearing water skis.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- be all for — to be strongly in favour of
- be no fool — to be shrewd and capable
- be of help — If someone or something is of help, they make a situation easier or better.
- be oneself — to function physically and mentally as one normally does
- be soft on — to treat gently
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beamformer — The device used to accomplish beamforming.
- because of — If an event or situation occurs because of something, that thing is the reason or cause.
- bedfellows — Plural form of bedfellow.
- beef olive — a thin slice of beef rolled round sausage meat
- beflowered — adorned or decorated with flowers.
- before-tax — before tax has been deducted; gross
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- beforetime — formerly
- bellflower — city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
- belly flop — a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally