10-letter words containing o, t, f
- firstcomer — a person who arrives first or among the first.
- fish joint — a connection formed by fishplates at the meeting point of two rails, beams, etc, as on a railway
- fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
- five towns — the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.
- fixed cost — a cost unvarying with a change in the volume of business (distinguished from variable cost).
- fizzle out — to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
- flacourtia — designating a family (Flacourtiaceae, order Violales) of dicotyledonous tropical trees and shrubs
- flageolets — Plural form of flageolet.
- flagitious — shamefully wicked, as persons, actions, or times.
- flagstoned — Paved with flagstones.
- flagstones — Plural form of flagstone.
- flake tool — a Paleolithic or later stone tool made from a flake struck from a larger core.
- flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flat broke — having no money
- flat-woven — (of a carpet) woven without pile
- flatfooted — having flatfeet.
- flatterous — flattering
- flavourist — a chemist who blends ingredients to create artificial flavours or scents, for food or perfume
- flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- flexatones — Plural form of flexatone.
- flexuosity — the quality or condition of being flexuous.
- flight box — a tool box containing tools and other equipment and necessaries for a person who flies radio-controlled model planes
- flight log — a record of a particular flight made by a plane or pilot
- flint corn — a variety of corn, Zea mays indurata, having very hard-skinned kernels not subject to shrinkage.
- flintlocks — Plural form of flintlock.
- flintstone — A piece of flint.
- flirtation — the act or practice of flirting; coquetry.
- float bowl — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- float-feed — equipped with a float to control the feed.
- floatation — an act or state of floating.
- floatboard — paddle1 (def 6).
- floatingly — In a floating manner.
- floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
- floatstone — a stone for rubbing bricks to be gauged.
- flocculant — a chemical for producing flocculation of suspended particles, as to improve the plasticity of clay for ceramic purposes.
- flocculate — to form into flocculent masses.
- flocculent — like a clump or tuft of wool.
- flood tide — the inflow of the tide; rising tide.
- floodgates — Plural form of floodgate.
- floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- floodwater — the water that overflows as the result of a flood.
- floorcloth — a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
- floorshift — a gearshift set into the floor of an automotive vehicle.
- flop sweat — a sudden heavy perspiration caused by embarrassment
- florentine — of or relating to Florence, Italy: the Florentine poets of the 14th century.
- florescent — the act, state, or period of flowering; bloom.
- floriation — Ornamentation by means of flower forms, either realistic or stylized.
- florissant — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- floristics — the study of the distribution, number, types, and relationships of plant species in an area or areas.