10-letter words containing o, t, f
- 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.
- hotfoot it — a practical joke in which a match, inserted surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe, is lighted and allowed to burn down.
- housefront — the façade of a house
- hovercraft — ACV.
- infanthood — Infancy.
- infarction — the formation of an infarct.
- infections — Plural form of infection.
- infectious — communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
- infixation — (morphology) Word-formation involving an infix or infixes; adding an infix to a word.
- inflations — Plural form of inflation.
- inflection — modulation of the voice; change in pitch or tone of voice.
- infliction — the act of inflicting.
- informants — Plural form of informant.
- informatic — Of or pertaining to information science, the processing of information.
- infraction — breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
- instead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- interferon — Biochemistry. any of various proteins, produced by virus-infected cells, that inhibit reproduction of the invading virus and induce resistance to further infection.
- ipso facto — by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed: to be condemned ipso facto.
- ironfisted — ruthless, harsh, and tyrannical: an ironfisted dictator.
- jack frost — frost or freezing cold personified.
- john firth — John Rupert, 1890–1960, English linguist.
- john fitch — John, 1743–98, U.S. inventor: pioneer in development of the steamboat.
- 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.
- ketoprofen — A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, derived from propionic acid, that has analgesic and antipyretic effects and acts by inhibiting the body's production of prostaglandin.
- knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
- 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.
- manifestos — Plural form of manifesto.
- marrow fat — a large-seeded variety of pea.
- marrowfats — Plural form of marrowfat.
- 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.
- met office — (in Britain) a national weather-forecasting service
- 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.